Holotype:
PHILIPPINES, Mindanao Island, Northern Mindanao region, Lanao del Norte Province, Iligan City, Mount Agad-Agad, vegetation on the banks of a mountain stream, 28 Jan. 2022, D.A. Acal, holotype LOD PF4565.
Habitat:
Twig of a tree
Host:
On robber fly (Asilidae, Clephydroneura sp.)
Description:
Stromata stipitate, two to three stromata arising from the thorax region of host, beneath the wings, capitate, unbranched. Stipes cylindrical, smooth, brownish-orange, 5–8 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide with a fertile apex. Sexual morph: Fertile head hemispherical to globoid, upper surface slightly convex, moderate orange yellow, located at the tip of stipes, 2–2.5 mm thick, 3–4 mm diam. Perithecia immersed, ovoid to obclavate, 720–1100 × 240–400 μm. Asci cylindrical, up to 300 μm long, 4–6 μm wide, with cap 4–6 μm thick. Ascospores filiform, multi-septate, breaking into 64 part-spores, cylindrical to fusoid, 10–12 × 1.5–2.5 μm. Asexual morph: Synnemata arising from head, thorax, abdomen regions of host, solitary, multiple, cylindrical, unbranched, brown to dark brown at the base, light brown to grey towards the apex, 4–20 × 0.5–1 mm, fertile part located at the two-thirds length of the synnemata. Conidiogenous cells hymenostilbe-like, phialidic, forming a hymenial layer. Phialides cylindrical with short crowded denticles, 10–20 × 3–4 μm. Conidia hyaline smooth-walled, fusiform, 5–10 × 2–2.5 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 10 mm in 30 d, high mycelium density, white, reverse pale yellow. Conidia and reproductive structures not observed.
Reference:
Crous PW, Costa MM, Kandemir H, et al. (2023). Fungal Planet description sheets: 1550–1613. Persoonia51: 280–417.
DOI: https://doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.51.08Mongkolsamrit S, Thanakitpipattana D, Noisripoom W, et al. (2025). Multi-locus molecular phylogenetic analysis reveals four new species and a new record of Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) on dipteran hosts in Thailand. MycoKeys 119: 235–261.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.119.155439Species |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
- | PV170898 | PV170899 | PV170900 |
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| BCC 22048 | - | - | - | - |
| BCC 78339 | - | - | - | - |
| BCC 79225 | - | - | - | - |
| BCC 79871 | - | - | - | - |
| BCC 79872 | - | - | - | - |