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Cordycipitaceae
The Cordycipitaceae are a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. The family was first published in 1969 by mycologist Hanns Kreisel, but the naming was invalid according to the code of International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. It was validly published in 2007.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first

Cordyceps
genusCordyceps

Beauveria
genusBeauveria

Gibellula
genusGibellula

Akanthomyces
genusAkanthomyces

Engyodontium
genusEngyodontium

Ascopolyporus
genusAscopolyporus

Amphichorda
genusAmphichorda

Samsoniella
genusSamsoniella

Torrubiella
genusTorrubiella

Niveomyces
genusNiveomyces

Hevansia
genusHevansia

Blackwellomyces
genusBlackwellomyces

Hyperdermium
genusHyperdermium

Arachnidicola
genusArachnidicola

Lecanicillium
genusLecanicillium

Simplicillium
genusSimplicillium

Parengyodontium
genusParengyodontium

Neohyperdermium
genusNeohyperdermium

Leptobacillium
genusLeptobacillium
Polystromomyces
genusPolystromomyces

Flavocillium
genusFlavocillium

Phytocordyceps
genusPhytocordyceps

Microhilum
genusMicrohilum
Gamszarella
genusGamszarella
Rotiferophthora
genusRotiferophthora

Cordycipitaceae sp. 'IN01'
speciesCordycipitaceae sp. 'IN01'

Cordycipitaceae sp. 'AL01'
speciesCordycipitaceae sp. 'AL01'
Pseudolecanicillium
genusPseudolecanicillium
Jenniferia
genusJenniferia
Parahevansia
genusParahevansia
Tolypocladiopsis
genusTolypocladiopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58706.