Ophiocordyceps formicarum
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| Ophiocordyceps formicarum | |
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| Ophiocordyceps formicarum on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand- | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Ophiocordycipitaceae |
| Genus: | Ophiocordyceps |
| Species: | O. formicarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiocordyceps formicarum (Kobayasi) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) | |
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Ophiocordyceps formicarum is an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The fungus was first described by mycologist George S. Kobayashi in 1939 as a species of Cordyceps. Originally found in Japan growing on an adult Hercules ant (Camponotus herculeanus var. obscuripes),[2] it was reported from Guizhou, China, in 2003.[3] It was transferred to the new genus Ophiocordyceps in 2007 when the family Cordycipitaceae was reorganized.[1] A technique has been developed to grow the fungus in an agar growth medium supplemented with yeast extract, inosine, and glucose.[4]
