Ophiocordycipitaceae Temporal range:
Middle Cretaceous - Recent,
[1]
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Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: |
Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) |
Type genus | |
Ophiocordyceps
Petch (1931)
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Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. [2] It was updated in 2020. [3]
As accepted in 2020; (with number of species) [3]