Ophiocordyceps blattae

Fungi > Ascomycota > Sordariomycetes > Hypocreales > Ophiocordycipitaceae > Ophiocordyceps
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae
Ophiocordyceps blattae


Holotype:

SRI LANKA, K98612 – holotype deposited in the Kew Gardens Fungarium.


Habitat:

Underside of leaves.


Host:

On Blattodea, Blattidae.


Description:

Stroma several, 6–13 mm long, 200–350 μm wide, cylindrical, pale pink. Fertile head was distinctly sub-terminal with the anamorph state at the apex. Perithecia immersed obliquely, ostioles projecting, elongate flask-shaped, 150–180 × 100–130 μm. Asci cylindrical, hyaline, capitate, 8-spored, up to 90 μm long, 6–8 μm wide, ascus cap rounded, 8–9 × 6–9 μm. Ascospores whole, cylindrical, 40–60 × 3–6 μm. Asexual morph: Conidiogenous cells polyblastic, cylindrical to clavate, 11–20 × 4.5–6 μm. Conidia ventricose, smooth walled, hyaline, 10–14 × 3.5–5.5 μm.


Culture characteristics:

Colony on PDA attaining a diam of 5 mm in 30 d, cream light brown, reverse brown. Colony on PDA did not produce any conidiogenous structures after 30 d.



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BCC 34765 -
BCC 38241 MT512657