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Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps liangshanensis Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae

  • Wang, Yao (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University) ;
  • Dai, Yong-Dong (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University) ;
  • Yang, Zhong-Lin (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University) ;
  • Guo, Rui (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University) ;
  • Wang, Yuan-Bing (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University) ;
  • Yang, Zhu L. (Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development) ;
  • Ding, Lei (School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University) ;
  • Yu, Hong (Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University)
  • Received : 2021.02.03
  • Accepted : 2021.04.26
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

A cordycipitoid fungus infecting Hepialidae sp. in Nepal was supposed to be identical to Cordyceps liangshanensis, originally described from southwestern China, and thus, transferred to the genus Metacordyceps or Papiliomyces in previous studies. However, our multi-gene (nrSSU-nrLSU-tef-1α-rpb1-rpb2) phylogenetic and morphological studies based on the type specimen and additional collections of C. liangshanensis revealed that the fungus belongs to the genus Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae). Therefore, a new combination O. liangshanensis was made, and a detailed description of this species was provided.

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Acknowledgement

This work was jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [31870017 and 31760011], 306 Y. WANG ET AL. and the Department of Science and Technology of Yunnan Province [2018FY001(-006)].

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