Metacordyceps

Metacordyceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Metacordyceps; G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Type species
	Metacordyceps taii; (Z.Q.Liang & A.Y.Liu) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Synonyms
	Diheterospora Kamyschko ex G.L. Barron & Onions (1966); Diheterospora Kamyschko (1962);

Metacordyceps is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae. The anamorphs of Metacordyceps appear to include Metarhizium species.

Metacordyceps species attack insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, hosts that are common throughout all Cordyceps-like fungi.

Species

Genus proposed in 2012:

M. chlamydosporia
M. dhauladharensis
M. liangshanensis – Proposals for transferring to Metacordyceps and Papiliomyces relied on improperly authenticated material. True type material belongs in Ophiocordyceps.
M. taii

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↑ 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.
↑ Kepler, R.M.; Sung, G.-H.; Ban, S.; Nakagiri, A.; Chen, M.-J.; Huang, B.; Li, Z.; Spatafora, J.W. (2012-01-01). "New teleomorph combinations in the entomopathogenic genus Metacordyceps". Mycologia. 104 (1): 182–197. doi:10.3852/11-070. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 22067304.
↑ Wang, Y; Dai, YD; Yang, ZL; Guo, R; Wang, YB; Yang, ZL; Ding, L; Yu, H (2021). "Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps liangshanensis Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae". Mycobiology. 49 (4): 297–307. doi:10.1080/12298093.2021.1923388. PMC 8409936. PMID 34512076.