identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
E8F2FB950BB9539FB08551C86408E42B.text	E8F2FB950BB9539FB08551C86408E42B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps jinguangensis X. Zhang, C. J. Y. Li, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps jinguangensis X. Zhang, C. J. Y. Li, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen, IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, 17 (2026)</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Sexual morph.</p><p>Stromata arising from the head of Elateroidea buried in decaying wood, solitary or in pairs, unbranched, cylindrical, fleshy, yellow to yellowish brown, 12–25 mm long. Fertile parts clavate, pale yellow to yellowish brown, 7–15 mm long, 2.5–4.5 mm wide, generating toward the upper part of stromata, covered by a verrucose surface. Stipe pale yellow to brown, 0.5–2.5 mm wide. Perithecia immersed, ovoid to oblong-ovate, densely distributed in the upper of stromata, arranged in a disordered manner, 283–550 × 175–375 µm. Asci 8 - spored, filiform, hyaline, 235–355 × 6.5–7.5 µm, with hemispheric apical cap, 4.0–5.5 µm high. Ascospores filiform, multi-septate, 210–305 × 1.5–2.0 µm. Part-spores cylindrical, 4.5–8.0 × 1.0–2.5 µm. Asexual morph: Undetermined.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China, • Yunnan Province, Yuxi City, Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County, Elateroidea larvae ( Coleoptera), 9 August 2025, Quanying Dong, CXAC 0024, CXAC 0025 .</p><p>Host.</p><p>Elateroidea larvae ( Coleoptera).</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>On Elateroidea larvae buried in decaying wood.</p><p>Known distribution.</p><p>Yunnan Province, China.</p><p>Commentary.</p><p>Specimens CXAC 0024 and CXAC 0025 were identified as Ophiocordyceps jinguangensis based on multi-locus phylogenetic analysis and negligible genetic distances (≤ 0.2 % across four loci). Our material expands the known host range to include Elateroidea larvae (vs. Tenebrionoidea in the type material), and extends the morphological range to longer asci (235–355 μm vs 153.6–273.2 μm) and wider perithecia (175–375 μm vs 134–223 μm).</p><p>In our multi-locus phylogeny (Fig. 1), O. jinguangensis nests within the O. ravenelii clade and is closely related to O. formosana, O. melolonthae, O. neovolkiana and O. rubroflava . Ophiocordyceps jinguangensis resembles O. formosana in producing simple or occasionally branched stromata from Coleopteran larvae in decaying wood, but O. formosana differs by its branched stromata, Tenebrionidae host, semi-immersed ovate perithecia (453–546 × 265–298 μm) and shorter part-spores (2–6 × 1–3 μm) (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1981; Shimizu 1994; Li et al. 2005; Li et al. 2016).</p><p>Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Mains 1958) differs from O. jinguangensis in its substantially longer stromata (3–13 cm vs 1.2–2.5 cm), sulphur-yellow to mikado-orange coloration, association with Scarabaeidae larvae vs Elateroidea, narrower part-spores (1–1.5 µm vs 1.0–2.5 µm), and smaller perithecia (170–264 µm vs 175–375 µm wide).</p><p>Ophiocordyceps neovolkiana, another related species, differs from O. jinguangensis both in host association and morphology. Originally described from Japan by Kobayasi (1941) and subsequently reported from India and Vietnam (Giang et al. 2015; Laya et al. 2019), O. neovolkiana is characterized by an ovoid or depressed-sphaeroid or tuberiform fertile part. Additionally, it possesses smaller perithecia (340–460 × 140–165 µm vs 283–550 × 175–375 µm) and shorter asci (230–300 × 9–10 µm vs 235–355 × 6.5–7.5 µm) (Kobayasi 1941).</p><p>Ophiocordyceps rubroflava, described herein as a new species, differs from O. jinguangensis in its longer (3–4.5 cm), bright orange to yellow-orange stromata, clavate to spherical fertile part, and smaller perithecia (275–380 × 105–180 µm vs 283–550 × 175–375 µm), shorter asci (160–195 × 4.5–6.5 µm vs 235–355 × 6.5–7.5 µm), and smaller part-spores (3.0–6.0 × 1.0–2.0 µm vs 4.5–8.0 × 1.0–2.5 µm).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E8F2FB950BB9539FB08551C86408E42B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Dong, Quan-Ying;Zeng, Nian-Kai;Hu, Chao;Liu, Chang-Kun;Zhou, Jin-Na;Liu, Jin-Lin;Gao, Shun-Yu;Xu, Cheng-Dong	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Hu, Chao, Liu, Chang-Kun, Zhou, Jin-Na, Liu, Jin-Lin, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong (2026): Taxonomic revision of the Ophiocordyceps ravenelii complex (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) from China, with an emended description and a new species. MycoKeys 133: 345-366, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.192411
7FE90A594B9653BF8F8229CEB28C5182.text	7FE90A594B9653BF8F8229CEB28C5182.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps rubroflava Q. Y. Dong & C. D. Xu 2026	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps rubroflava Q. Y. Dong &amp; C. D. Xu sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>rubroflava, from rubro - = red-, ﬂava = yellow, referring to its red fertile part and yellow stipe of stromata.</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>China, • Yunnan Province, Pu’er City, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, On the larva of Coleoptera, 28 August 2025, Quanying Dong (holotype CXAC 0021) .</p><p>Sexual morph.</p><p>Stromata arising from the back of Coleoptera buried in soil, sometimes the host covered by a white mycelial layer, solitary or in groups of 2–8, cylindrical, soft, fleshy, 3–4.5 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, bright orange to yellow orange, either branched or unbranched. Stipe cylindrical, bright orange or white, with the base near the host body typically white, 2.5–4 cm long. Fertile parts clavate or spherical, red to orange red, 3–10 mm long, occupying the upper part of stromata. Perithecia immersed, bright yellow when young, becoming yellowish brown at maturity, ovoid to oblong-ovate, densely distributed in a granular pattern on the upper part of the stromata, 275–380 × 105–180 µm. Asci 8 - spored, filiform, hyaline, 160–195 × 4.5–6.5 µm, with a hemispherical cap, 4.5–5.5 µm high. Part-spores cylindrical, 3.0–6.0 × 1.0–2.0 µm. Asexual morph: Undetermined.</p><p>Host.</p><p>Coleoptera larva</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>On Coleoptera larvae buried in soil.</p><p>Known distribution.</p><p>Yunnan Province, China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>China, • Yunnan Province, Pu’er City, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, On the larva of Coleoptera, 28 August 2025, Quanying Dong (paratype CXAC 0022) . China, • Yunnan Province, Pu’er City, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, On the larva of Coleoptera, 29 August 2025, Quanying Dong (paratype CXAC 0023) .</p><p>Commentary.</p><p>Ophiocordyceps rubroflava is characterized by bright orange to yellow-orange, cylindrical, soft, fleshy stromata with a distinctive bicolored appearance (red to orange-red fertile part vs. bright orange or white stipe), completely immersed ovoid to oblong-ovate perithecia (275–380 × 105–180 µm), and cylindrical part-spores 3.0–6.0 × 1.0–2.0 µm. It occurs on coleopteran larvae buried in soil in Yunnan Province, China.</p><p>Phylogenetically, O. rubroflava is strongly supported and clusters with O. formosana, O. jinguangensis, O. melolonthae, and O. neovolkiana, but forms a distinct clade (Fig. 1). Morphologically, it differs from O. formosana by stromata arising from the host’s back (vs head and tail), a clavate to spherical, red to orange-red fertile head (vs. orange, mostly elliptic), smaller perithecia (275–380 × 105–180 µm vs 453–546 × 265–298 µm), shorter and narrower asci (160–195 × 4.5–6.5 µm vs 366–498 × 8–11 µm), and slightly longer part-spores (3.0–6.0 × 1.0–2.0 µm vs 2–6 × 1–3 µm) (Li et al. 2005). Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Mains 1958) differs from O. rubroflava in its longer stromata (3–13 cm vs 3–4.5 cm), sulphur-yellow to mikado-orange coloration, Scarabaeidae host, larger perithecia (360–480 × 170–264 µm vs 275–380 × 105–180 µm), longer asci (210–300 × 6–8 µm vs 160–195 × 4.5–6.5 µm), and longer, narrower part-spores (4–8 × 1–1.5 µm vs 3.0–6.0 × 1.0–2.0 µm). Ophiocordyceps neovolkiana differs from O. rubroflava in its ovoid to tuberiform fertile part, larger perithecia (340–460 × 140–165 µm vs 275–380 × 105–180 µm), and larger asci (230–300 × 9–10 µm vs 160–195 × 4.5–6.5 µm) (Kobayasi 1941). For differences between O. rubroflava and O. jinguangensis see the commentary on O. jinguangensis .</p><p>Table 2 provides a morphological comparison of representative species within the Ophiocordyceps ravenelii complex.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7FE90A594B9653BF8F8229CEB28C5182	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Dong, Quan-Ying;Zeng, Nian-Kai;Hu, Chao;Liu, Chang-Kun;Zhou, Jin-Na;Liu, Jin-Lin;Gao, Shun-Yu;Xu, Cheng-Dong	Dong, Quan-Ying, Zeng, Nian-Kai, Hu, Chao, Liu, Chang-Kun, Zhou, Jin-Na, Liu, Jin-Lin, Gao, Shun-Yu, Xu, Cheng-Dong (2026): Taxonomic revision of the Ophiocordyceps ravenelii complex (Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae) from China, with an emended description and a new species. MycoKeys 133: 345-366, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.133.192411
