Ophiocordyceps
Ophiocordyceps is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with Ophiocordyceps species are Hirsutella, Hymenostilbe, Isaria, Paraisaria, and Syngliocladium.
One species complex, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death grip of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis was discovered in Germany.
Species
- Ophiocordyceps arborescens
- Ophiocordyceps acicularis
- Ophiocordyceps agriotidis
- Ophiocordyceps ainictos
- Ophiocordyceps amazonica
- Ophiocordyceps amazonica var. neoamazonica
- Ophiocordyceps aphodii
- Ophiocordyceps appendiculata
- Ophiocordyceps arachneicola
- Ophiocordyceps araracuarensis
- Ophiocordyceps arbuscula
- Ophiocordyceps armeniaca
- Ophiocordyceps asyuënsis
- Ophiocordyceps aurantia
- Ophiocordyceps australis
- Ophiocordyceps barnesii
- Ophiocordyceps bicephala
- Ophiocordyceps brunneipunctata
- Ophiocordyceps bispora
- Ophiocordyceps blattae
- Ophiocordyceps blattarioides
- Ophiocordyceps caloceroides
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-chartificis
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-melanotici
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-novogranadensis
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis
- Ophiocordyceps camponoti-sexguttati
- Ophiocordyceps cantharelloides
- Ophiocordyceps carabidicola
- Ophiocordyceps cicadicola
- Ophiocordyceps clavata
- Ophiocordyceps clavulata
- Ophiocordyceps coccidiicola
- Ophiocordyceps coccigena
- Ophiocordyceps cochlidiicola
- Ophiocordyceps coenomyia
- Ophiocordyceps communis
- Ophiocordyceps corallomyces
- Ophiocordyceps crassispora
- Ophiocordyceps crinalis
- Ophiocordyceps cuboidea
- Ophiocordyceps cucumispora
- Ophiocordyceps cucumispora var. dolichoderi
- Ophiocordyceps curculionum
- Ophiocordyceps cylindrostromata
- Ophiocordyceps daceti
- Ophiocordyceps dayiensis
- Ophiocordyceps dermapterigena
- Ophiocordyceps dipterigena
- Ophiocordyceps discoideicapitata
- Ophiocordyceps ditmarii
- Ophiocordyceps dovei
- Ophiocordyceps elateridicola
- Ophiocordyceps elongata
- Ophiocordyceps elongatiperitheciata
- Ophiocordyceps elongatistromata
- Ophiocordyceps emeiensis
- Ophiocordyceps engleriana
- Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
- Ophiocordyceps evansii
- Ophiocordyceps evdogeorgiae
- Ophiocordyceps falcata
- Ophiocordyceps falcatoides
- Ophiocordyceps fasciculatistromata
- Ophiocordyceps ferruginosa
- Ophiocordyceps filiformis
- Ophiocordyceps formicarum
- Ophiocordyceps forquignonii
- Ophiocordyceps fulgoromorphila
- Ophiocordyceps furcicaudata
- Ophiocordyceps gansuënsis
- Ophiocordyceps geniculata
- Ophiocordyceps gentilis
- Ophiocordyceps glaziovii
- Ophiocordyceps goniophora
- Ophiocordyceps gracilioides
- Ophiocordyceps gracilis
- Ophiocordyceps gryllotalpae
- Ophiocordyceps halabalaensis
- Ophiocordyceps heteropoda
- Ophiocordyceps hirsutellae
- Ophiocordyceps hiugensis
- Ophiocordyceps huberiana
- Ophiocordyceps humbertii
- Ophiocordyceps insignis
- Ophiocordyceps irangiensis
- Ophiocordyceps japonensis
- Ophiocordyceps jiangxiensis
- Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis
- Ophiocordyceps kangdingensis
- Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides
- Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides var. dolichoderi
- Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides var. monacidis
- Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides var. ponerinarum
- Ophiocordyceps koningsbergeri
- Ophiocordyceps konnoana
- Ophiocordyceps lachnopoda
- Ophiocordyceps laojunshanensis
- Ophiocordyceps larvarum
- Ophiocordyceps larvicola
- Ophiocordyceps lloydii
- Ophiocordyceps lloydii var. binata
- Ophiocordyceps longissima
- Ophiocordyceps lutea
- Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis
- Ophiocordyceps macularis
- Ophiocordyceps melolonthae
- Ophiocordyceps melolonthae var. rickii
- Ophiocordyceps michiganensis
- Ophiocordyceps minutissima
- Ophiocordyceps monticola
- Ophiocordyceps mrciensis
- Ophiocordyceps multiaxialis
- Ophiocordyceps myrmecophila
- Ophiocordyceps myrmicarum
- Ophiocordyceps naomipierceae
- Ophiocordyceps neovolkiana
- Ophiocordyceps nepalensis
- Ophiocordyceps nigra
- Ophiocordyceps nigrella
- Ophiocordyceps nigripes
- Ophiocordyceps nutans
- Ophiocordyceps obtusa
- Ophiocordyceps octospora
- Ophiocordyceps odonatae
- Ophiocordyceps oecophyllae
- Ophiocordyceps osuzumontana
- Ophiocordyceps owariensis
- Ophiocordyceps owariensis f. viridescens
- Ophiocordyceps oxycephala
- Ophiocordyceps paludosa
- Ophiocordyceps paracuboidea
- Ophiocordyceps pentatomae
- Ophiocordyceps petchii
- Ophiocordyceps proliferans
- Ophiocordyceps prolifica
- Ophiocordyceps pruinosa
- Ophiocordyceps pseudolloydii
- Ophiocordyceps pseudolongissima
- Ophiocordyceps pulvinata
- Ophiocordyceps purpureostromata
- Ophiocordyceps purpureostromata f. recurvata
- Ophiocordyceps ravenelii
- Ophiocordyceps rhizoidea
- Ophiocordyceps ridleyi
- Ophiocordyceps robertsii
- Ophiocordyceps rubripunctata
- Ophiocordyceps rubiginosiperitheciata
- Ophiocordyceps ryogamiensis
- Ophiocordyceps salebrosa
- Ophiocordyceps satoi
- Ophiocordyceps scottiana
- Ophiocordyceps selkirkii
- Ophiocordyceps sichuanensis
- Ophiocordyceps smithii
- Ophiocordyceps sobolifera
- Ophiocordyceps sinensis
- Ophiocordyceps sphecocephala
- Ophiocordyceps stipillata
- Ophiocordyceps stylophora
- Ophiocordyceps subflavida
- Ophiocordyceps subunilateralis
- Ophiocordyceps superficialis
- Ophiocordyceps superficialis f. crustacea
- Ophiocordyceps takaoënsis
- Ophiocordyceps taylorii
- Ophiocordyceps thyrsoides
- Ophiocordyceps tiputini
- Ophiocordyceps tricentri
- Ophiocordyceps truncata
- Ophiocordyceps uchiyamae
- Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
- Ophiocordyceps unilateralis var. clavata
- Ophiocordyceps variabilis
- Ophiocordyceps voeltzkowii
- Ophiocordyceps volkiana
- Ophiocordyceps wuyishanensis
- Ophiocordyceps yakusimensis
- Ophiocordyceps zhangjiajiensis