taxonID	type	description	language	source
0F58F1236EF757098EF6982EDFD2034D.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
0F58F1236EF757098EF6982EDFD2034D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet longiphialis refers to the characteristically elongated phialides, which distinguish this species from its closely related congeners.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
0F58F1236EF757098EF6982EDFD2034D.taxon	description	Culture characters. Colony on PDA attaining a diameter of 42 – 44 mm after one month at 25 ° C. Colony cottony, fluffy, with high mycelial density, central pale brownish-white umbonate, surrounded by successive concentric rings: an inner dark brown band, a broader light to dark brown zone, a distinct yellow ring, and an off-white periphery with a yellowish tint; reverse dark brown center and creamy-white margin. Hyphae smooth walled, branched, septate, hyaline, 1 – 2.5 µm wide. Synnemata emerging after two months, clavate or with a mucronate apex, solitary, unbranched, and 2 – 5 mm long, 0.5 – 2.5 mm wide, yellowish to yellow, emerging on the middle part of the synnemata or on the top, with conidial masses on the surface (Fig. 2 E). Terminal portion of a synnemata covered by a viscous mass. Cultures readily produced phialides and conidia on potato dextrose agar after 14 days at 25 ° C. Conidiophores are cylindrical, hyaline, smooth-walled, simple to verticilate form 1 – 3. Phialides have two types, α-phialides solitary, cylindrical or lanceolate, tapering gradually from base to apex, 9.5 – 101 × 2 – 3.5 µm, 2 – 3.5 µm wide (base), 1 – 2 µm wide (apex). β-phialides terminal on solitary on hyphae; lageniform or subulate, tapering abruptly from the base to the apex, 7.5 – 15.5 × 1 – 2.5 µm, 1 – 2.5 µm wide (base), 0.5 – 1.5 µm wide (apex). α-conidia one-celled, hyaline, smooth, subglobose, ovoid to ellipsoidal, 2 – 3 × 2 – 3 µm. β-conidia one-celled, hyaline, smooth, fusiform, oblong-elliptical to ellipsoidal, 4.5 – 8.5 × 1.5 – 3.5 µm, solitary or aggregated in long chains.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
0F58F1236EF757098EF6982EDFD2034D.taxon	distribution	Known distribution. Guizhou Province, China.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
9A1037E9FFB25DCDBEDA6980B52D124D.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
9A1037E9FFB25DCDBEDA6980B52D124D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet aggestitenuipes combines aggesti -, from Latin aggestus, referring to the conidial accumulation, with tenuipes, from Cordyceps tenuipes, reflecting a morphology similar to C. tenuipes but distinguished by synnematal branches that bear massive conidial aggregates.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
9A1037E9FFB25DCDBEDA6980B52D124D.taxon	description	Culture characters. Conidial arrangement Isaria - like. Synnemata two or several, on the pupae of Lepidoptera buried in soil, white, up to 1.8 – 2.7 cm long. Stipes cylindrical, 0.6 mm wide, producing a mass of conidia at the branches of synnemata, powdery. Colonies on PDA attaining a diameter of 49 – 52 mm in 21 days at 25 ° C, white to cream-colored, soft cottony aerial mycelium, reverse pale yellow. Hyphae smooth-walled, branched, septate, hyaline, 1 – 2 µm wide. Synnemata arising from the middle body of pupae were irregularly branched, 1.8 – 2.7 cm long, 0.3 – 0.6 mm wide; cylindrical or clavate stipes with powdery white heads. Cultures readily produced phialides and conidia after 1 week on potato dextrose agar at 25 ° C showing a granular appearance due to profuse conidiation. Conidiophores cylindrical or clavate, hyaline, smooth-walled, simple to verticilate form 1 – 3, 5 – 10.5 × 2 – 2.5 µm, 1 – 2 µm wide (base), 2 – 2.5 µm wide (apex). Phialides from aerial mycelium straight to slightly flexuose, solitary or in whorls of two to four on each branch, cylindrical to flask-shaped, usually with a slightly swollen basal part, 6 – 28 × 1 – 2.5 µm, tapering gradually or abruptly from 1 – 2 µm (base) to 0.5 – 1.5 µm (apex). Conidia hyaline, subglobose, ovoid, or fusiform, smooth, one-celled, 2 – 4 × 1.5 – 2.5 µm, usually in chains.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
9A1037E9FFB25DCDBEDA6980B52D124D.taxon	distribution	Known distribution. Sichuan Province, China.	en	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Zhou, Jin-Na, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong, Wang, Zhen-Ji (2026): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two novel entomopathogenic species of Hypocreales (Polycephalomycetaceae and Cordycipitaceae), from China. MycoKeys 127: 109-133, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.176090
