Cordyceps
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".
| Cordyceps | |
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| Cordyceps militaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Cordyceps |
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| Cordyceps militaris (L.) Fr. (1818)
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List of species
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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.
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Cordyceps Media
Structure of cordycepin; 3'-Deoxyadenosine; 9-Cordyceposidoadenine
Cordyceps beginning its fruiting growth from a wasp
Puppenkernkeule, Cordyceps militaris,
Puppenkernkeule Cordyceps militaris*Bild zur Verfügung gestellt von E. Langer, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie mit E-Mail vom 20.02.2009
References
- ↑ "Cordyceps". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ↑ Sung Gi-Ho; et al. (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Stud Mycol. 57 (1): 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.