Cordyceps
Cordyceps militaris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Hypocreales
Family:
Cordycipitaceae
Genus:
Cordyceps Fr. (1818)
Type species
Cordyceps militaris
Species[1]
Cordyceps acridophila
Cordyceps albocitrina
Cordyceps amoene -rosea
Cordyceps ampullacea
Cordyceps bifusispora
Cordyceps blackwelliae
Cordyceps brasiliensis
Cordyceps cateniannulata
Cordyceps cateniobliqua
Cordyceps chiangdaoensis
Cordyceps cicadae
Cordyceps coccidioperitheciata
Cordyceps coleopterorum
Cordyceps confragosa
Cordyceps cuncunae
Cordyceps cylindrica
Cordyceps farinosa
Cordyceps fratricida
Cordyceps fumosorosea
Cordyceps ghanensis
Cordyceps grylli
Cordyceps guangdongensis
Cordyceps gunnii
Cordyceps gunnii var. minor
Cordyceps henleyae
Cordyceps hepialidicola
Cordyceps hesleri
Cordyceps ignota
Cordyceps imagamiana
Cordyceps isarioides
Cordyceps javanica
Cordyceps kirkii
Cordyceps koreana
Cordyceps kurijimeansis
Cordyceps kyushuensis
Cordyceps lepidopterorum
Cordyceps locusticola
Cordyceps locustiphila
Cordyceps memorabilis
Cordyceps militaris
Cordyceps morakotii
Cordyceps nakazawai
Cordyceps nidus
Cordyceps ninchukispora
Cordyceps ningxiaensis
Cordyceps nirtolii
Cordyceps ochraceostromata
Cordyceps pleuricapitata
Cordyceps polyarthra
Cordyceps poprawskii
Cordyceps pruinosa
Cordyceps pseudonelumboides
Cordyceps rosea
Cordyceps roseostromata
Cordyceps scarabaeucika
Template:Strike See Ophiocordyceps sinensis .
Cordyceps spegazzinii
Cordyceps sphingum
Cordyceps submilitaris
Cordyceps taishanensis
Cordyceps takaomontana
Cordyceps tenuipes
Template:Strike See Ophiocordyceps unilateralis .
Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) with about 400 species. Most Cordyceps species are parasitoids . They live on and in insects and other arthropods . A few are parasitic on other fungi. The name Cordyceps is taken from the Greek word κορδύλη kordýlē , meaning "club", and the Latin stem -ceps , meaning "head".
The genus has a worldwide distribution. Most of the 400 species which have been described come from Asia Nepal , China , Japan , Bhutan , Korea , Vietnam , and Thailand .[2] Cordyceps species are particularly abundant and diverse in humid temperate and tropical forests .
Ascomycete life cycle A member of the genus Cordyceps which is parasitic on arthropods. Note the elongated stromata