Holotype:
THAILAND, Phetchabun Province, Nam Nao National Park, 3 Jul. 2013, K. Tasanathai, S. Mongkolsamrit, W. Noisripoom, P. Srikitikulchai, A. Khonsanit, holotype BBH 36142, ex-type living culture TBRC 8100.
Habitat:
Underside of leaves.
Host:
Lepidoptera larva.
Description:
Stromata two to several, simple, wiry to pliant or fibrous, 4-8 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide on the underside of leaves of forest plants, unchanged in 3% KOH. Perithecia superficial, sparse, covering the lower middle part of stroma, loosely scattered, ordinal in arrangement, ovoid, brown-dark brown, 350-400 × 180-200 μm. Asci hyaline, cylindrical, 8-spores, 125-175 × 6-8 μm. Ascospores 110-160 × 3-4 μm, filiform, whole, multi-septate.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA very slow growing, attaining a diam of 8 mm in 20 d at 20°C. Colonies light yellow to reddish yellow, velvety, colonies reverse dark brown. Colonies on PDA did not produce any conidiogenous structures after 1 mo. Chlamydospores observed on PDA after 1 mo.
Reference:
Luangsa-ard JJ, Tasanathai K, Thanakitpipattana D,et al. (2018). Novel and interesting Ophiocordyceps spp. (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) with superficial perithecia from Thailand. Studies in Mycology 89: 125–142.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2018.02.001Species |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
LSU | RPB2 | TEF1 |
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| BCC 49312 | MF614660 | MF614686 | MF614642 |
| TBRC 8099 | MF614659 | MF614684 | MF614644 |
| TBRC 8100 | MF614658 | MF614685 | MF614643 |