Holotype:
THAILAND, Chaiyaphum Province, Phukhiao Wildlife Sanctuary, 14 Aug. 2015, S. Mongkolsamrit, A. Khonsanit, W. Noisripoom, D. Thanakitpipattana, N. Kobmoo, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Wongkanoun, R. Promharn, holotype BBH 41196.
Habitat:
Leaf litters.
Host:
Adult of stink bug.
Description:
Stromata solitary or multiple, arising from thorax of adult stink bug, 60-140 mm in length, 2-2.5 mm in breadth, black or blackish brown, curved, becoming moderate orange yellow or moderate red below the fertile head. Fertile head cylindrical, 15-35 mm long length, 2.5-3 mm broad, pale yellow and strong reddish orange when fresh, brownish orange when dry. Perithecia completely immersed, narrow obpyriform with a long curved neck, oblique in arrangement, 650−1400 × 200−320 μm. Asci cylindrical, 240-790 × 5-6 μm, with cap 8-10 μm thick. Ascospores hyaline, multi-septate, breaking into 64 part-spores, cylindrical or slightly barrel-shaped, 9-14 × 1.5-2.5 μm. Asexual morph Hymenostilbe. Phialides produced on the terminal of stromata and independent of the teleomorph, moderate red. Phialides cylindrical to ellipsoidal with papillate end, 10-15 × 4-6 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, hyaline, single-celled, fusoid, 4-7 × 2-3 μm.
Reference:
Khao-ngam S, Mongkolsamrit S, Rungjindamai N, et al. (2021). Ophiocordyceps asiana and Ophiocordyceps tessaratomidarum (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), two new species on stink bugs from Thailand. Mycological Progress 20: 341–353.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-021-01684-xSpecies |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
LSU | TEF1 |
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| BBH 41194 | MW280217 | MW292433 |
| BBH 41196 | MW280218 | MW292434 |
| BBH 42363 | MW280219 | MW292435 |