Cordycipitaceae Kreisel ex G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007.
Kepler et al. (2017) presented a molecular phylogenetic investigation of Cordycipitaceae that enabled identification of competing names in this family and provided the basis upon which these names can be maintained or suppressed. The taxonomy they presented tried to harmonize competing names by principles of priority, recognition of monophyletic groups, and the practical usage of affected taxa. In total, nine generic names were proposed: Akanthomyces, Ascopolyporus, Beauveria, Cordyceps, Engyodontium, Gibellula, Hyperdermium, Parengyodontium, and Simplicillium. Eight generic names were therein rejected: Evlachovaea, Granulomanus, Isaria, Lecanicillium, Microhilum, Phytocordyceps, Synsterigmatocystis, and Torrubiella. Two new generic names, Hevansia and Blackwellomyces are described. Mongkolsamrit et al. (2018) introduced Samsoniella for species producing orange stromata that are phylogenetically distinct from Cordyceps. In 2019, Pseudogibellula was confirmed as a member of Cordycipitaceae (Mongkolsamrit et al. 2019) and a new genus Neotorrubiella (Thanakitpipattana et al. 2020) was introduced. Subsequently two more genera based on monophyletic clades were recognized from multi-gene phylogenetic analyses: Liangia and Flavocillium (Wang et al. 2020).