Name:		Cordyceps Link, (1833) page 346
Synonym(s):		Hypoxylum Juss. (1789) Cordylia Fr. (1818) Corynesphaera Dumort. (1822) Mitrasphaera Dumort. (1822) Xylaria Hill ex Grev. (1823) Cordyliceps Fr. (1832) Campylothecium Ces. (1846) Akrophyton Lebert (1858) Polistophthora Lebert (1858) Racemella Ces. (1861) Torrubia Lév. (1863) Tettigorhyza G. Bertol. (1875) Acrophytum Sacc. (1883) Phytocordyceps C.H. Su & H.H. Wang (1986)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Cordycipitaceae Kreisel [Family] Hypocreales Lindau [Order] Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Cordyceps acicularis Ravenel Cordyceps adpropinquans (Ces.) Sacc. Cordyceps aemonae Lloyd Cordyceps aeruginosclerota Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps agariciformis (Bolton) Seaver Cordyceps agriota A. Kawam. Cordyceps ainictos A. Møller Cordyceps alba Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps albella Massee Cordyceps albida Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps albida Pat. Cordyceps albocitrinus Koval Cordyceps alboperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps allantoidea Berk. Cordyceps alpicola Kobayasi Cordyceps alutacea Quél. Cordyceps amazonica Henn. Cordyceps ampullacea Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps annullata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps aphodii Mathieson Cordyceps appendiculata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps arachneicola Kobayasi Cordyceps arachnogena Kobayasi Cordyceps arachnophila J.R. Johnst. Cordyceps arbuscula Teng Cordyceps armeniaca Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps aspera Pat. Cordyceps asyuensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps atewensis Samson, H.C. Evans & Hoekstra Cordyceps atrobrunnea Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps atropuncta Koval Cordyceps atrovirens Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps aurantia Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps aurantiaca Cordyceps aurea Moureau Cordyceps australis Speg. Cordyceps barberi Giard Cordyceps barnesii Thwaites Cordyceps barsii Thwaites Cordyceps baumanniana Henn. Cordyceps belizensis Mains Cordyceps bicephala Berk. Cordyceps bicolor Pat. Cordyceps bifusispora O.E. Erikss. Cordyceps blattae Petch Cordyceps bokyoensis Kobayasi Cordyceps bombi Rick ex Lloyd Cordyceps brasiliensis Henn. Cordyceps brevipes Mont. Cordyceps brittlebankii McLennan & Cookson Cordyceps brittlebankisoides Zuo Y. Liu, Z.Q. Liang, Whalley, Y.J. Yao & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps brongniartii Shimazu Cordyceps brunneapunctata Hywel-Jones Cordyceps brunneipunctata Hywel-Jones Cordyceps bulolensis Kobayasi Cordyceps caespitosa-filiformis Henn. Cordyceps caespitosa (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps caespitosofiliformis Henn. Cordyceps callidii Quél. Cordyceps calocerides Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps caloceroides Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps canadensis Ellis & Everh. Cordyceps cantharelloides Samson & H.C. Evans Cordyceps capitata (Holmsk.) Link Cordyceps carabi Quél. Cordyceps carabidicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps carabidiicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps carnata Moureau Cordyceps caroliniensis Ravenel Cordyceps changpaishanensis Kobayasi Cordyceps chichibuensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps chishuiensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps chlamydosporia H.C. Evans Cordyceps chualasae Koval & Nazarova Cordyceps cicadae (Miq.) Massee Cordyceps cicadicola Teng Cordyceps cinerea (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps cinnabarina Petch Cordyceps citrea Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps clavata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps clavicipiticola Tokun. & S. Imai Cordyceps clavicipitis Oertegren Cordyceps clavulata (Schwein.) Ellis & Everh. Cordyceps coccidiicola Kobayasi Cordyceps coccidio-capitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps coccidio-peritheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps coccigena (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps coccinea Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps cochlidiicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps cockerellii Cordyceps coleoptera Cordyceps concurrens Lloyd Cordyceps consumpta G. Cunn. Cordyceps corallomyces A. Møller Cordyceps cornu-damae Schwein. Cordyceps coronilla Höhn. Cordyceps cotopaxiana Kobayasi Cordyceps crassispora M. Zang, D.R. Yang & C.D. Li Cordyceps crinalis Ellis ex Lloyd Cordyceps cristata A. Møller Cordyceps ctenocephala Syd. Cordyceps cuboidea Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps cucumispora H.C. Evans & Samson Cordyceps curculionum (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps cusu Pat. Cordyceps cylindrica Petch Cordyceps dayiensis Z.Q. Liang Cordyceps deflectens Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps delicatostipitata Kobayasi Cordyceps diceras Pers. Cordyceps dichotoma Lév. Cordyceps dimeropoda Syd. Cordyceps dipterigena Berk. & Broome Cordyceps discoideocapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ditmari Quél. Cordyceps ditmarii Quél. Cordyceps dittmarii Cordyceps doassansii Pat. Cordyceps doiana Kobayasi Cordyceps echinata Lév. Cordyceps elateridicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps elongata Petch Cordyceps elongatoperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps elongatostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps emeiensis A.Y. Liu & Z.Q. Liang Cordyceps engleriana Henn. Cordyceps entomorrhiza (Dickson) Link Cordyceps ergoticola Tanda & Kawat. Cordyceps erotyli Petch Cordyceps etenocephala Syd. Cordyceps evdogeorgiae Koval Cordyceps exasperata A.F. Vital Cordyceps facis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps falcata Berk. Cordyceps falcatoides Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps fasciculata Pat. Cordyceps fasciculatostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ferruginosa Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps filiformis Moureau Cordyceps fistulosa Lév. Cordyceps flavella Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps flavobrunnescens Henn. Cordyceps flavoviridis A. Møller Cordyceps fleischeri Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps fockei Miq. Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi Cordyceps formicivora J. Schröt. Cordyceps formosana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps forquignoni Quél. Cordyceps fracta Mains Cordyceps fuliginosa Ces. Cordyceps furcata Cordyceps gansuensis K.Y. Zhang, C.J. Wang & M.S. Yan Cordyceps gemella Moureau Cordyceps geniculata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps gentilis (Ces.) Sacc. Cordyceps genuina Cordyceps geotrupis Teng Cordyceps gigantea Zipp. & Lév. Cordyceps glaziovii Henn. Cordyceps goniophora Speg. Cordyceps gonylepticida A. Møller Cordyceps gracilioides Kobayasi Cordyceps gracilis (Grev.) Durieu & Mont. Cordyceps gracillima Kobayasi Cordyceps grenadensis Mains Cordyceps grylli Teng Cordyceps gryllotalpae Cordyceps guizhouensis Zuo Y. Liu, Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps gunnii Berk. Cordyceps hauturu Dingley Cordyceps hawkesii Gray Cordyceps helopis Quél. Cordyceps henleyae Massee Cordyceps hepialidicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps herculea Miq. Cordyceps hesleri Mains Cordyceps heteropoda Kobayasi Cordyceps hillii Lloyd Cordyceps hirotaniana Kobayasi Cordyceps hiugensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps hokkaidoensis Kobayasi Cordyceps hormospora A. Møller Cordyceps huberiana Henn. Cordyceps huegelii Corda Cordyceps humberti C.P. Robin Cordyceps ignota Marchion. Cordyceps imagamiana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps incarnata A. Møller Cordyceps inconspicua Moureau Cordyceps indigotica Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps inegoensis Kobayasi Cordyceps insignis Cooke & Ravenel Cordyceps intermedia S. Imai Cordyceps interrupta Höhn. Cordyceps irangiensis Moureau Cordyceps iriomoteana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps isarioides M.A. Curtis Cordyceps ithacensis Bałazy & Bujak. Cordyceps japonensis Hara Cordyceps japonica Lloyd Cordyceps javensis Henn. Cordyceps jezoensis S. Imai Cordyceps jezoensoides Cordyceps jiangxiensis Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & Yong C. Jiang Cordyceps jinggangshanensis Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & Yong C. Jiang Cordyceps joaquiensis Henn. Cordyceps juruensis Henn. Cordyceps kangdingesis M. Zang & Kinjo Cordyceps kanzashiana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps khaoyaiensis Hywel-Jones Cordyceps kirkii D.D. Cunn. Cordyceps klenei Pat. Cordyceps kniphofioides H.C. Evans & Samson Cordyceps kobayasii Koval Cordyceps koningsbergeri Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps konnoana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps koreana Kobayasi Cordyceps kusanagiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps kyusyuensis A. Kawam. Cordyceps lachnopoda Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps lacroixii Har. & Pat. Cordyceps langloisii Ellis & Everh. Cordyceps larvata Mont. Cordyceps larvicola Quél. Cordyceps lateritia Dingley Cordyceps leucocephala Moureau Cordyceps liangshanensis M. Zang, D. Liu & R. Hu Cordyceps lignicola Massee Cordyceps lilacina Moureau Cordyceps lingua Lév. Cordyceps lloydii J.W. Fawcet Cordyceps locustiphila Henn. Cordyceps longdongensis A.Y. Liu & Z.Q. Liang Cordyceps longisegmentis Ginns Cordyceps longissima Kobayasi Cordyceps loushanensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps lunti Giard Cordyceps lutea Moureau Cordyceps macularis (Mains) Mains Cordyceps mantidaecola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps mantidicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps manzhurica Koval Cordyceps maolanensis Zuo Y. Liu & Z.Q. Liang Cordyceps maolanoides Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & J.Z. Huang Cordyceps martialis Speg. Cordyceps mawleyi Weswood Cordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps memorabilis Ces. Cordyceps menesteridis Müll. & Berk. Cordyceps michaelisii Henn. Cordyceps michiganensis Mains Cordyceps microcephala (Wallr.) Berk. & Broome Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link Cordyceps minazukiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps miniata Moureau Cordyceps minuta Kobayasi Cordyceps minutissima Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps miomoteana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps miquelii (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps miryensis Henn. Cordyceps mitrata Pat. Cordyceps moelleri Henn. Cordyceps montagnei Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps monticola Mains Cordyceps multiaxialis M. Zang & Kinjo Cordyceps muscae Henn. Cordyceps muscicola A. Møller Cordyceps musicaudata Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps myosuroides Henn. Cordyceps myrmecogena Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps myrmecophila Ces. Cordyceps nanatakiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps necator Pat. & Har. Cordyceps nelumboides Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps neogryllotalpae Kobayasi Cordyceps neovolkiana Kobayasi Cordyceps nepalensis M. Zang & Kinjo Cordyceps nigra Samson, H.C. Evans & Hoekstra Cordyceps nigrella Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps nigriceps Peck Cordyceps nigripoda Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps nikkoensis Kobayasi Cordyceps nipponica Kobayasi Cordyceps novae-zealandiae Dingley Cordyceps novae-zelandiae Dingley Cordyceps novoguineënsis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps nutans Pat. Cordyceps obliqua Kobayasi Cordyceps obliqui-ordinata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps obovata Berk. Cordyceps obtusa Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps ochraceostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps odonatae Kobayasi Cordyceps odyneri Quél. Cordyceps ogurasanensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps olivacea Rick Cordyceps olivaceovirescens Henn. Cordyceps olivascens Mains Cordyceps oncoperae P.J. Wright Cordyceps oncoperae P.J. Wright Cordyceps ootakiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Link Cordyceps opposita Syd. Cordyceps osuzumontana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps oumensis Höhn. Cordyceps ouwensii Höhn. Cordyceps ovoideoperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps owariensis Kobayashi Cordyceps oxycephala Penz. & Sacc. Cordyceps pallidi-olivacea Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps paludosa (Mains) Mains Cordyceps palustris Berk. & Broome Cordyceps paradoxa Kobayasi Cordyceps parasitica Cordyceps parvula Mains Cordyceps peltata Wakef. Cordyceps pentatomae Koval Cordyceps petchii Mains Cordyceps phymatospora C.R. Li, M.Z. Fan & Z.Z. Li Cordyceps pilfera Kobayasi Cordyceps pistillariaeformis Berk. & Broome Cordyceps pistillariiformis Berk. & Broome Cordyceps pittieri Teng Cordyceps platypoda Lév. Cordyceps pleuricapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps podocreoides Höhn. Cordyceps poitei Lév. Cordyceps polyarthra A. Møller Cordyceps polycarpica Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps polycephala Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps polycladia Pers. Cordyceps proliferans Henn. Cordyceps prolifica Kobayasi Cordyceps pruinosa Petch Cordyceps pseudoatrovirens Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps pseudoinsignis Moreau Cordyceps pseudoinsigriis Cordyceps pseudolloydii H.C. Evans & Samson Cordyceps pseudolongissima Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps pseudomilitaris Hywel-Jones & Sivichai Cordyceps pseudonelumboides Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps puiggarii Speg. Cordyceps purpurea (Fr.) Berk. Cordyceps purpureostromata Kobayasi Cordyceps racemosa Berk. Cordyceps ramosa Petch Cordyceps ramosopulvinata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ramosostipitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ravenelii Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps regeliana Lév. Cordyceps retipes Lév. Cordyceps rhizoidea Höhn. Cordyceps rhizomorpha A. Møller Cordyceps rhynchoticola A. Møller Cordyceps rickii Lloyd Cordyceps ridleyi Massee Cordyceps riverae Pacioni Cordyceps robertsii (Hook.) Berk. Cordyceps rosea Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps roseostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps rostrata Henn. Cordyceps rouxii Cand. Cordyceps rubiginosoperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps rubiginosostipitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps rubra A. Møller Cordyceps rubricapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps rubripunctata Moreau Cordyceps rubrostromata Kobayasi Cordyceps ryogamiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps ryogamimontana Kobayasi Cordyceps sakishimensis Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps salebrosa Mains Cordyceps scarabaeicola Kobayasi Cordyceps sclerotium Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps setulosa Quél. Cordyceps shanxiensis B. Liu, Rong & H. Jin Cordyceps sherringii Massee Cordyceps shimaensis Kobayasi Cordyceps shimizui Y.J. Yao Cordyceps sichuanensis Z.Q. Liang & B. Wang Cordyceps sinclairii (Berk.) Sacc. Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. Cordyceps singeri Mains Cordyceps smithii Mains Cordyceps snelliana Cordyceps sobolifera Berk. Cordyceps sphaecophila (Tul. & C. Tul.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps sphaerocapitata Kobayasi Cordyceps sphecocephala (Klotzsch ex Berk.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps sphingum (Tul. & C. Tul.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis Cordyceps staphylinidaecola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps staphylinidicola Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps stenocoli Quél. Cordyceps stenocori Quél. Cordyceps stiphrodes Syd. Cordyceps stipillata Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps strangulans Mont. Cordyceps stylophora Berk. & Broome Cordyceps subcorticicola Henn. Cordyceps subdiscoidea Henn. Cordyceps subflavida Mains Cordyceps submilitaris Henn. Cordyceps subpolyarthra Henn. Cordyceps subsessilis Petch Cordyceps subunilateralis Henn. Cordyceps sulfurea Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps suoluoensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps superficialis (Peck) Sacc. Cordyceps surinamensis Henn. Cordyceps szemaoensis M. Zang Cordyceps taii Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu Cordyceps taishanensis B. Liu, P.G. Yuan & J.Z. Cao Cordyceps takaoensis (Kobayasi) Kobayasi Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. & Kumaz. Cordyceps tarapotensis Henn. Cordyceps taylori (Berk.) Sacc. Cordyceps taylorii (Berk.) Sacc. Cordyceps telfairii Berk. Cordyceps tenuispora Mains Cordyceps termitophila Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps thaxteri Mains Cordyceps thwaitesii Lloyd Cordyceps thyrsoides A. Møller Cordyceps toriharamontana Kobayasi Cordyceps translucens Petch Cordyceps tricentri Yasuda Cordyceps trinidadensis Mains Cordyceps truncata Moureau Cordyceps tuberculata (Lebert) Maire Cordyceps typhina (Pers.) Fr. Cordyceps typhulaeformis Berk. & Cooke Cordyceps uchiyamae Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps uleana Henn. Cordyceps umemurai S. Imai Cordyceps unilateralis (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. Cordyceps ussuriensis Koval Cordyceps valliformis Mains Cordyceps valvatostipitata Kobayasi Cordyceps variabilis Petch Cordyceps variegata Moureau Cordyceps velutipes Massee Cordyceps venezuelensis Mains Cordyceps vinosa Moureau Cordyceps viperina Mains Cordyceps virens Kobayasi Cordyceps voeltzkowii Henn. Cordyceps volkiana A. Møller Cordyceps vorobjovii Koval & Nazarova Cordyceps wallaysii Westend. Cordyceps washingtonensis Mains Cordyceps wittii Henn. Cordyceps wuyishanensis Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & J.Z. Huang Cordyceps yahagiana Kobayasi & Shimizu Cordyceps yakusimensis Kobayasi Cordyceps zeylanica Berk. Cordyceps zhangjiajiensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (48 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]