Ophiocordycipitaceae

Ophiocordycipitaceae
Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Type genus
Ophiocordyceps Petch (1931)

The Ophiocordycipitaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.^[1]

Genera

• Elaphocordyceps
  
• Haptocillium
  
• Harposporium
  
• Hirsutella
  
• Hymenostilbe
  
• Ophiocordyceps
  
• Paraisaria
  
• Purpureocillium
  
• Syngliocladium
  
• Tolypocladium

References

1. ^ Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW. (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2104736.