taxonID	type	description	language	source
15379E9148FB508BBF4A7DCE2F09A7F0.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
15379E9148FB508BBF4A7DCE2F09A7F0.taxon	description	Description (HKAS 132167). Parasitic pupa of Lepidoptera, buried in soil. Sexual morph not observed in natural substrates. Asexual morph: Synnemata 2 – 6 cm long, 1 – 3 mm wide, cylindrical with tapering tip, stipitate, gradually become white or green yellowish to the upper portion, scattered on the insect head, without fertile head. Phialide solitary along synnema, 15.2 – 25.5 × 1.3 – 4.8 µm (x – = 20.3 × 3.1 µm, n = 60), solitary, upright, typically cylindrical, with a wider base that gradually narrows towards the top 7.2 – 15.3 × 2.4 – 4.8 µm (x – = 11.2 × 3.6 µm, n = 60), tapering into a long neck 7.5 – 11.5 µm long, has a rough surface, featuring verrucose projections. Conidia 4.6 – 6.8 × 2.2 – 3.2 µm (x – = 5.7 × 2.7 µm, n = 60), fusiform or oval, 1 - celled, hyaline.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
3A880B70C4AC5A1E91B509090F1FF5C3.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
3A880B70C4AC5A1E91B509090F1FF5C3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet “ liaoningensis ” refers to the type location “ Liaoning Province, China ”.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
3A880B70C4AC5A1E91B509090F1FF5C3.taxon	description	Description (HKAS 132276). Parasitic on the larva of Coleoptera (Elateridae), buried in the soil. Sexual morph: Host 2.0 cm long, 2 – 4 mm wide, without hyphae on the surface. Stromata 5 – 6 cm long, 1 – 3 mm wide, single, stipitate, cylindrical, pale brown, arising from the host head. Fertile head 1 – 2 cm long, 2 – 3 mm wide, with superficial perithecia along the surface of the stipe, cylindrical, dark brown, with asexual morph at the apex. Perithecia 310 – 415 × 170 – 290 μm (x – = 362.5 × 230 µm, n = 20), superficial, dark brown, ovoid to flask-shaped, thick-walled. Peridium 30 – 50 µm (x – = 40 µm, n = 30) wide, two layers, textura angularis outer layer to textura porrecta inner layer, outer layer brownish, inner layer hyaline. Asci 205 – 255 × 7 – 11 μm (x – = 230 × 9 µm, n = 30), 8 - spored, cylindrical, hyaline, with a thin apex. Apical cap 5.5 – 6.5 × 3.5 – 4.7 μm (x – = 6 × 4.1 µm, n = 40), hyaline. Ascospores 150 – 200 × 2 – 4 μm (x – = 175 × 3 µm, n = 60), multiseptate, slender filiform, not breaking into secondary ascospores. Asexual morph: Hymenostilbe - like. Synnemata 0.5 cm long, 0.5 – 1 mm wide, single, cylindrical, light brown, tapering upwards. Conidiophores 10 – 28 µm wide (x – = 19 µm, n = 40), usually simple, branched or unbranched, septate, hyaline, bearing conidia. Phialide 15 – 33 × 3.5 – 6.5 µm (x – = 24 × 5 µm, n = 40), polyblastic, hyaline, clavate or bottle-shaped, forming a dense palisade layer covering the synnemata. Conidia 5 – 9 × 4.2 – 6.4 µm (x – = 7 × 5.3 µm, n = 60), 1 - celled, hyaline, ovoid or subglobose, developing along the tip of the phialide.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
4F6D2CD557E45FAB96C580A22D51A522.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
4F6D2CD557E45FAB96C580A22D51A522.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet “ muscidarum ” refers to its host belonging to the family Muscidae (Diptera).	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
4F6D2CD557E45FAB96C580A22D51A522.taxon	description	Description (HKAS 132178). Parasitic on flies (Muscidae, Diptera), collected on a tree stem. Host 6 – 8 mm long, 3 – 5 mm wide, without hyphae on the surface. Sexual morph: Stromata 5 – 7 mm long, 1 – 4 mm diam., one or several growing from the host prothorax, stipitate, capitate, unbranched, cinnamon to pale yellow. Stipe 3 – 5 mm long, 1 – 2 mm diam, cinnamon to pale brown, cylindrical, with a fertile apex. Fertile head hemispherical to globose, 1.5 – 4 mm, cinnamon to pale yellow, single. Perithecia 570 – 760 × 190 – 310 μm (x – = 665 × 250 µm, n = 30), immersed, ovoid to flask-shaped, thick-walled. Peridium 30 – 50 µm (x – = 40 µm, n = 60) wide, hyaline, three layers: outer layer to textura porrecta, middle layer textura prismatica, inner layer textura angularis. Asci 280 – 430 × 5.4 – 7.5 μm (x – = 355 × 6.5 µm, n = 60), 8 - spored, hyaline, cylindrical, with a thick apex. Apical cap 5.2 – 7.6 × 4.4 – 5.2 μm (x – = 6.4 × 4.8 µm, n = 60), thick, hyaline. Ascospores as long as asci, filiform, hyaline, easily breaking into part-spores. Secondary ascospores 7 – 10.5 × 1.6 – 2.5 μm (x – = 8.8 × 2.1 µm, n = 60) fusiform, 1 - celled, mostly straight, hyaline, smooth-walled. Asexual morph Not observed in natural substrates.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
A99F6CE2710458AB855C7A7313D9BE36.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
A99F6CE2710458AB855C7A7313D9BE36.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet “ neocommunis ” refers to the new species’ similarity to its close relative, O. communis.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
A99F6CE2710458AB855C7A7313D9BE36.taxon	description	Description (HKAS 132236). Parasitic on termite (Blattodea: superfamily Blattoidea), buried in the soil, the synnemata erect in the air. Sexual morph not observed in natural substrates and in culture on PDA. Asexual morph: Hirsutella - like, the host covered with white mycelium. Synnemata 3 – 6 cm long, white to yellow bottom to top. Conidiophores absent. Phialides single, borne laterally on synnemata, smooth, hyaline 6.5 – 12.5 × 3 – 4.5 µm (x – = 9.5 × 3.8 µm, n = 50), basal part strongly swollen, globose, subglobose, or ellipsoid 4.5 – 8.5 × 3.5 – 4.8 µm (x – = 6.5 × 4.2 µm, n = 50), usually tapering abruptly to a slender neck 0.5 – 1.2 µm diam. Conidia 3.0 – 5.5 × 2.2 – 4.2 µm (x – = 4.2 × 3.2 µm, n = 50), 1 - cell, hyaline, oval to teardrop-shaped.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
A99F6CE2710458AB855C7A7313D9BE36.taxon	description	Cultural characteristics. Colonies on PDA grow slowly, reaching 2 cm in diameter after 25 days at 25 ° C, ivory yellow, flat, and closely appressed to the agar surface. Synnemata are produced after 40 days, with the reverse side showing a warm orange. No phialides or conidia found.	en	Yang, Yu, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, S. Jayawardena, Ruvishika, Hyde, Kevin D., Nilthong, Somrudee, Mapook, Ausana, Lu, Yong-Zhong, Xie, Shu-Qiong, Al-Otibi, Fatimah, Wang, Xiao, Luo, Kang, Luo, Li-Ping (2025): Three new species of Ophiocordyceps (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) and a new host record for Hirsutella vermicola from China. MycoKeys 117: 289-313, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.117.144875
