Holotype:
THAILAND, Khonkaen Province, Phu Wiang National Park, 17 Jul. 2017, K. Tasanathai, S. Mongkolsamrit, W. Noisripoom, holotype BBH 45361, ex-type living culture BCC 86431.
Habitat:
Buried in the soil.
Host:
Termite.
Description:
Stroma solitary, simple, filiform, up to 21 cm long, 1 mm wide, lightbrown, ca 15 cm emerging above leaf litter, 5.5 cm buried in the soil. Asexual morph (Hirsutella) produced at the terminal part of the stroma, ca 6 cm long, light brown to grey. Perithecia superficial, ovoid, covering the middle part of stroma, 280-390 × 160-220 µm. Asci 8-spored, cylindrical, 120-150 × 5-7 µm, with cap, 3-4 × 4-5 µm. Ascospores whole, filiform, 65-82.5 × 2-3 µm, with septate. Asexual morph Hirsutella. Phialides 10-26 × 3-5 µm. Conidia hyaline, fusiform, 5-7 × 3-4 µm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 10 mm within 20 d at 25 °C, cream to grey. Conidiogenous cells monophialidic, arising from hyphae laterally or terminally, hyaline, tapering gradually or abruptly into a long slender neck, 9–21 µm long, 2–4 µm wide at the base, 1–1.5 µm wide at tip with warty surface. Conidia hyaline, one-celled, fusiform, 5–10 × 1–2 µm, with mucous sheath.
Reference:
Tasanathai K, Noisripoom W, Chaitika T, et al. (2019). Phylogenetic and morphological classification of Ophiocordyceps species on termites from Thailand. MycoKeys 56: 101–129.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.56.37636Species |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | TEF1 |
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| BCC 48879 | MH754720 | MH753673 | MK214104 | MK214089 | MK284261 |
| BCC 86431 | MH754721 | MH753674 | MK751469 | MK214090 | MK284262 |
| NHJ 12522 | JN0498572 | EF4688252 | EF4688732 | EF4689232 | EF4687642 |
| NHJ 12529 | - | EF4688242 | EF4688722 | EF4689222 | EF4687652 |