Journal
MYCOKEYS
Volume -, Issue 56, Pages 101-129Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.56.37636
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Entomopathogenic fungi; Hypocreales; Isoptera; Ophiocordycipitaceae; Taxonomy
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- Platform Technology Management Section, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) [P19-50231]
- CPMO [P15-51452]
- National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)
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Seven new species occurring on termites are added to Ophiocordyceps - O. asiatica, O. brunneirubra, O. khokpasiensis, O. mosingtoensis, O. pseudocommunis, O. pseudorhizoidea and O. termiticola, based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence. O. brunneirubra possesses orange to reddish-brown immersed perithecia on cylindrical to clavate stromata. O. khokpasiensis, O. mosingtoensis and O. termiticola have pseudo-immersed perithecia while O. asiatica, O. pseudocommunis and O. pseudorhizoidea all possess superficial perithecia, reminiscent of O. communis and O. rhizoidea. Phylogenetic analyses based on a combined dataset comprising the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and the largest subunit (LSU) of the ribosomal DNA, partial regions of the elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF) and the largest and second largest subunits for the RNA polymerase genes (RPB1, RPB2) strongly support the placement of these seven new species in Ophiocordyceps.
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