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979BC71B8A5054F688304EC4FDB78824.text	979BC71B8A5054F688304EC4FDB78824.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dingleyomyces P. R. Johnst. & D. C. Park 2023	<div><p>Dingleyomyces P. R. Johnst. &amp; D. C. Park 2023 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Dingleyomyces lloydii (synonym: Ophionectria lloydii) is an endemic New Zealand fungicolous fungus that parasitizes the stromata of O. robertsii and O. hauturu . Initially described invalidly as Ophionectria cordyceps, it was later validly published as Ophionectria lloydii (Mains 1958) and subsequently recombined as Torrubiella lloydii (Rossman 1977) . However, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed Torrubiella to be polyphyletic, leading to its taxonomic abandonment (Kepler et al. 2017). Johnston et al. (2023) established a new genus, Dingleyomyces, to accommodate this species based on integrative morphological and phylogenetic evidence. The type species is characterized by small perithecial clusters forming on reduced, non-stipitate stromata. The asexual morph is characterized by conidiophores arising from hyphae, typically bearing two phialides with swollen bases and tapering necks. Conidia are cylindric, straight, and aseptate. In this study, we introduce Dingleyomyces yunnanensis as a new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/979BC71B8A5054F688304EC4FDB78824	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
B5FE37F0AF84510384A41FD8CE10A283.text	B5FE37F0AF84510384A41FD8CE10A283.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dingleyomyces yunnanensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Dingleyomyces yunnanensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to Yunnan Province, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Tengchong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.25649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.191841" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.25649/lat 25.191841)">Houqiao Town</a>, 25°11'30.63"N, 98°15'23.38"E, alt. 2152 m, 18 October 2024, Xian Zhang, HQ 4 (holotype: HKAS 149970) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on Ophiocordyceps cf. globiceps ( Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales). Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Synnemata 5.7–8.6 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, cylindrical, clavate, partial enlargement at the apex, stipitate, growing up from the head and tail of insect, multiple, white. Stipes 5.1–7.9 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, cylindrical, white. Conidiophores concentrated, mono-terverticillate, and having two kinds of phialides. Phialides two types, both types observed on the same synnema. α-phialides 9.2–18.5 × 1.2–1.9 μm (x ̄ = 13.4 × 1.6 μm, n = 30), hyaline, smooth, caespitose, palisade-like, crowed, gathered in the top of synnema. β-phialides 23.5–43.6 × 0.7–2.5 μm (x ̄ = 32.4 × 1.7 μm, n = 30), hyaline, smooth, solitary, lanceolate, tapering into a long neck. Conidia 3–4.1 × 1.4–2.1 µm (x ̄ = 3.6 × 1.7 µm, n = 30), one-celled, hyaline, smooth-walled, fusiform.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On Ophiocordyceps cf. globiceps ( Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales); currently known from southwestern China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Tengchong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.25649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.191841" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.25649/lat 25.191841)">Houqiao Town</a>, 25°11'30.63"N, 98°15'23.38"E, alt. 2152 m, 18 October 2024, Xian Zhang, HQ 3 (paratype: HKAS 149969) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The newly proposed species, D. yunnanensis, is a previously undescribed hirsutella-like species that forms a sister lineage to D. lloydii (the only currently recognized species in Dingleyomyces) with strong statistical support (100 % ML / 1 PP, Fig. 1). Morphologically, D. yunnanensis differs from D. lloydii in phialide shape and conidial morphology: D. lloydii has pyriform phialides and cylindrical conidia, whereas D. yunnanensis possesses palisade-like to lanceolate phialides and fusiform conidia. Critically, this study provides the first documentation of the asexual morph in Dingleyomyces . Based on these phylogenetic and morphological distinctions, D. yunnanensis is proposed as a novel species within Dingleyomyces .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5FE37F0AF84510384A41FD8CE10A283	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
6129B075B32157E19E0645220471AFFD.text	6129B075B32157E19E0645220471AFFD.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 2026	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps jinguangensis X. Zhang, C. J. Y. Li, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to the Jinguang Temple Nature Reserve, Yongping County, Dali City, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Dali City, Yongping County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.53702&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.26503" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.53702/lat 25.26503)">Jinguang Temple Nature Reserve</a>, 25°15'54.11"N, 99°32'13.27"E, alt. 2280 m, 25 July 2024, Cui-Jin-Yi Li, DD 247162-1 (holotype: HKAS 149981)</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on a larva of Tenebrionoidea ( Coleoptera), 37.4 × 2.8–5 mm, yellowish-brown. Sexual morph: Stroma arising from the abdomen and tail of the host, solitary, unbranched, yellow to brown, 10.2–16.5 × 1–2.2 mm. Fertile part up to 3.4–7.1 × 1.2–2.2 mm, cylindrical, yellow to brown, single, rough, with ostiole. Stipe clavate, light brown to brown, the color gradually becoming dark towards the apex, 7.8 × 1.0– 1.2 mm. Perithecia 306–496 × 134–223 μm (x ̄ = 388.4 × 175.9 µm, n = 15), immersed, ovoid to oblong-ovate. Asci 153.6–273.2 × 5.2–11.8 μm (x ̄ = 234.7 × 8.4 µm, n = 20), cylindrical, hyaline, with thickened apex. Apical cap 2.5–5 × 3.5–5.6 μm (x ̄ = 3.6 × 4.7 µm, n = 20), hyaline, hemispherical. Ascospores 133.4–187.6 × 1.4–2.4 µm (x ̄ = 164.3 × 1.9 µm, n = 15), filiform, hyaline, easily breaking into part-spores. Secondary ascospores 6.7–9.6 × 1.6–2.7 μm (x ̄ = 8.1 × 2.2 µm, n = 20), cylindrical, smooth-walled. Asexual morph: undetermined.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On dead larva of Tenebrionoidea ( Coleoptera); currently known from southwestern China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Dali City, Yongping County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.53702&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.26503" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.53702/lat 25.26503)">Jinguang Temple Nature Reserve</a>, 25°15'54.11"N, 99°32'13.27"E, alt. 2280 m, 25 July 2024, Cui-Jin-Yi Li, DD 247162-2 (paratype: HKAS 149982) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The newly described species exhibits morphological characteristics closely resembling those of O. formosana (Kobayasi and Shimizu 1980; Li et al. 2016) and O. spicatus (Zha et al. 2021), particularly in sharing features such as yellow to brown, unbranched fertile heads, cylindrical asci with the central portion slightly wider than the apical and basal regions, and filiform ascospores. Phylogenetic analysis places O. jinguangensis as a sister lineage to O. formosana and O. spicatus, with 100 % ML / 1 PP support (Fig. 1). However, O. jinguangensis is readily distinguished by its stroma lacking the vivid orange to yellow-orange pigmentation characteristic of O. formosana and O. spicatus . It further differs from O. formosana in having shorter asci (153.6–273.2 × 5.2–11.8 µm vs. 366–498 × 8–11 µm) and longer secondary ascospores (6.7–9.6 × 1.6–2.7 µm vs. 2–6 × 1–3 µm). The combined evidence from morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses confirms the taxonomic distinction of O. jinguangensis, thereby justifying its designation as a novel species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6129B075B32157E19E0645220471AFFD	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
00B0F3F1D45150B2AF12DE92CA74819C.text	00B0F3F1D45150B2AF12DE92CA74819C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps northeastensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps northeastensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Referring to Lushuihe Village, Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province, China, the locality belongs to Northeast China, where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Jilin Province, Baishan City, Fusong County, Lushuihe Village, 42°50'33.25"N, 127°78'23.05"E, 15 November 2024, Ting-Chi Wen, DB 3 (holotype: HKAS 149974)</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on larvae of Elateridae ( Coleoptera). Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Primary synnemata emerging from the junction between head and tail of host, 36.6–64.5 × 0.5–0.9 mm. Secondary synnemata 4.6–25.5 mm in length, 0.7–1.5 mm in width, arising from primary synnemata, solitary, white, becoming brown with age, cylindrical, tapering gradually toward the apex. Phialides 22.3–29.0 × 1.0–4.5 µm (x ̄ = 26.3 × 2.4 µm, n = 30), with swollen base and slender neck, hyaline, directly produced on superficial hyphae of secondary branches. Conidia 5.3–9.4 × 2.1–4.9 µm (x ̄ = 7.6 × 3.8 µm, n = 30), unicellular, hyaline, oblong-ellipsoid to obovoid.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On larvae of Elateridae ( Coleoptera) from rotten wood; currently known from northeast China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Jilin Province, Baishan City, Fusong County, Lushuihe Village, 42°50'33.25"N, 127°78'23.05"E, 15 November 2024, Ting-Chi Wen, DB 2 (paratype: HKAS 149973) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The newly proposed species, O. northeastensis, has only been observed in its asexual morph, while its sister lineage, O. stylophora, has been reported exclusively in its sexual morph, making it impossible to compare their morphological differences. They are proposed as distinct species based on molecular phylogenetic relationships. The new species (DB 2203) differs from O. stylophora (OSC 111000) by 35 / 581 bp (6 %, 9 gaps) in ITS, 3 / 817 bp (0.4 %) in nrLSU, 389 / 1343 bp (28.9 %, 388 gaps) in nrSSU, and 33 / 780 bp (4.2 %) in tef 1 - α.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/00B0F3F1D45150B2AF12DE92CA74819C	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
0D3DB5B5A52A57D78F709B9C1A950B89.text	0D3DB5B5A52A57D78F709B9C1A950B89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordycipitaceae G. H. Sung, J. M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007	<div><p>Ophiocordycipitaceae G. H. Sung, J. M. Sung, Hywel-Jones &amp; Spatafora, 2007 .</p><p>Ophiocordyceps Petch, 1931 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae) is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi encompassing over 350 species (Hyde et al. 2024; Index Fungorum 2025). This genus was originally treated as a subgenus under Cordyceps by Petch (1931) until it was redefined as a distinct genus through multigene phylogenetic analyses by Sung et al. (2007). Species in this genus exhibit diagnostically dark, fibrous to wiry stromata with variable morphologies (clavate, filiform, or branched) and perithecia that are either superficially exposed or embedded within the stromatal matrix. The asci are typically cylindrical and bear prominent apical caps, while the ascospores are generally cylindrical, multiseptate, and may either disarticulate into part-spores or remain intact after discharge (Sung et al. 2007; Ban et al. 2015). Host specificity spans diverse arthropods, parasitizing larvae of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, and arachnids (Kobayasi 1941; Mains 1958; Ban et al. 2015). Quandt et al. (2014) present a concise, thorough, phylogenetically relevant, and taxonomically accurate revision of the family Ophiocordycipitaceae . In this study, we introduce two new species ( O. jinguangensis and O. northeastensis) based on phylogenetic and morphological analyses.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D3DB5B5A52A57D78F709B9C1A950B89	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
A254D637A2D151C584C0C88201D96087.text	A254D637A2D151C584C0C88201D96087.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pleurocordyceps shibingensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Pleurocordyceps shibingensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to Shibing County, Guizhou Province, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Guizhou Province, Shibing County, 27°09'03.55"N, 108°15'20.08"E, 22 April 2022, Xian Zhang, SB 2206 (holotype: HKAS 149965; ex-holotype culture GACP SB 2206) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on larva of Scarabaeoidea ( Coleoptera), 2.9–4 × 0.5–0.9 cm. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Stroma arising from the head or abdomen of insect, 3–10 × 0.15–1.2 cm, solitary to multiple, flexuous, cylindrical to obclavate, unbranched, yellowish to off-white. Fertile part erects, subglobose, off-white, 1.2 × 0.8 cm. Stipe flexuous, yellowish, 2.3–95 × 0.15–0.25 cm, cylindrical. Conidiophores 28.1–43.7 μm (x ̄ = 36.1 µm, n = 20) in length, predominantly concentrated on the fertile head, and bear 1–6 phialides. Phialides 13.3–21.9 × 1.1–1.9 μm (x ̄ = 17.1 × 1.4 µm, n = 30), slender, cylindrical, hyaline, smooth-walled, arising from irregularly branched or quasi-verticillate conidiophores. Conidia 2.8–3.6 × 2.2–2.6 µm (x ̄ = 3.2 × 2.5 µm, n = 30), one-celled, obovoid, hyaline, smooth-walled, guttulate, and of a single type.</p><p>Culture characteristics: Colonies on PDA, attaining a diameter of 23–25 mm within 14 d at 25 ° C, dense, leathery, and vary in color from brown to white, thin, in the middle of the white part grew water droplets, reverse yellow with yellowish pigment. Conidiophores 26–35.8 μm long (x ̄ = 30.1 µm, n = 20), concentrated, normally with 2 phialides, rarely with 6 phialides. Phialides 11.6–19.7 × 0.8–2 μm (x ̄ = 15.2 × 1.4 µm, n = 30), hyaline, smooth-walled, elongated lageniform, tapering gradually from the base to the apex. Conidia 1.5–2.4 × 1–1.7 μm (x ̄ = 1.8 × 1.3 µm, n = 30), one-celled, hyaline, ellipse to obovoid.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On dead larva of an insect (Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera); currently known from southwestern China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Guizhou Province, Shibing County, 27°09'03.55"N, 108°15'20.08"E, 22 April 2022, Xian Zhang, SB 2208 (paratype: HKAS 149966) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Although both ITS and nrLSU sequences for four previously unpublished Pleurocordyceps strains (NBRC 109987, NBRC 109988, NBRC 109990, and NBRC 110224) are currently available in GenBank, Liu et al. (2024) used only the nrLSU sequences in their phylogenetic analysis, which showed that the strains clustered with Pl. litangensis . We reanalyzed them in this study using both loci. Our results show that Pleurocordyceps sp. NBRC 109987 and NBRC 109988 clustered with Pl. shibingensis in a well-supported clade (100 % ML / 0.99 PP, Fig. 1), while Pl. litangensis formed an independent branch (100 % ML / 1 PP, Fig. 1). Morphologically, Pl. shibingensis differs from Pl. litangensis by possessing whorled phialides and obovoid spores. Based on these distinct phylogenetic and morphological characteristics, Pl. shibingensis is proposed as a novel species within Pleurocordyceps .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A254D637A2D151C584C0C88201D96087	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
B060DFFE21AF50BCB6E3CBB1383CE277.text	B060DFFE21AF50BCB6E3CBB1383CE277.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pleurocordyceps tengchongensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Pleurocordyceps tengchongensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to Tengchong City, Yunnan Province, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Tengchong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.25649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.191841" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.25649/lat 25.191841)">Houqiao Town</a>, 25°11'30.63"N, 98°15'23.38"E, alt. 2152 m, 18 October 2024, Xian Zhang, HQ 5 (holotype: HKAS 149971) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on a larva of Lasiocampidae ( Lepidoptera), 37.4 × 4.0– 7.6 mm, yellowish-brown. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Synnemata 3.9–5.3 mm long, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, multiple, branched, cylindrical, clavate, capitate, stipitate, with fertile head at the apex, on the stromata of a larva of Lasiocampidae . Conidiophores 20.5–25.5 μm (x ̄ = 23.2 µm, n = 15), erect, arising from hyphae, bearing phialides aggregates or clusters, often additional branches occur which are equal in length form stipe structures, 1–4 phialides. Phialides 13.2–16.2 × 0.8–2.1 μm (x ̄ = 14.3 × 1.3 µm, n = 30), gathered on the tip of synnema, slender, elongated lageniform, tapering gradually from the base to the apex, hyaline, smooth-walled. Conidia 2.3–3.3 × 1–1.7 µm (x ̄ = 2.9 × 1.5 µm, n = 30), one-celled, hyaline, smooth-walled, oval.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On dead larva of Lasiocampidae ( Lepidoptera); currently known from southwestern China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Tengchong City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.25649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.191841" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.25649/lat 25.191841)">Houqiao Town</a>, 25°11'30.63"N, 98°15'23.38"E, alt. 2152 m, 18 October 2024, Xian Zhang, HQ 6 (paratype: HKAS 149972) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The newly proposed species, Pl. tengchongensis, forms a sister lineage to Pl. heilongtanensis with 100 % ML / 0.98 PP support (Fig. 1). Morphologically, Pl. tengchongensis differs from Pl. heilongtanensis in having hirsutella-like phialides with a rapidly tapering neck (Xiao et al. 2023). Based on these phylogenetic and morphological distinctions, Pl. tengchongensis is proposed as a novel species within the genus Pleurocordyceps .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B060DFFE21AF50BCB6E3CBB1383CE277	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
9E5BB7BD843D51ECB1CF6A6823916789.text	9E5BB7BD843D51ECB1CF6A6823916789.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pleurocordyceps Y. J. Yao, Y. H. Wang, S. Ban, W. J. Wang, Y. Li, K. Wang & P. M. Kirk 2021	<div><p>Pleurocordyceps Y. J. Yao, Y. H. Wang, S. Ban, W. J. Wang, Y. Li, K. Wang &amp; P. M. Kirk, 2021 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Pleurocordyceps is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi within the family Polycephalomycetaceae, comprising 23 species (Index Fungorum 2025). This genus was established by Wang et al. (2021) to accommodate species previously classified under Polycephalomyces and Cordyceps, with Pleurocordyceps sinensis (synonym: Paecilomyces sinensis) designated as the type species. Alongside Polycephalomyces and Perennicordyceps, it forms a well-supported monophyletic clade within Hypocreales . Xiao et al. (2023) further clarified its taxonomic placement by formally assigning Pleurocordyceps to the newly established family Polycephalomycetaceae, thereby stabilizing its systematic position within Hypocreales . The sexual morph is characterized by lateral, pulvinate stromata near the host surface, bearing perithecia close to the apex, while the asexual morph produces two distinct conidial types in culture (Wang et al. 2021). Herein, we introduce Pl. shibingensis and Pl. tengchongensis as two new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E5BB7BD843D51ECB1CF6A6823916789	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
5D9CA861AC5554FD959C5687924066F0.text	5D9CA861AC5554FD959C5687924066F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polycephalomyces bannaensis X. Zhang, N. Y. Liu, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Polycephalomyces bannaensis X. Zhang, N. Y. Liu, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 5</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to the Mengzhe Village, Menghai County, Xishuangbanna City, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Dai autonomous prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Menghai County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.38473&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.975647" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.38473/lat 21.975647)">Mangunxiazhai Town</a>, 21°58'32.33"N, 100°23'5.03"E, alt. 1237 m, 10 August 2024, Nan-Yi Liu, BN 24081002-1 (holotype: HKAS 149983) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on adult of Coleoptera . Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Synnemata 9–33 mm in length and 0.7–1.3 mm in width, occurring either scattered or clustered on the stipe, branched, white, cylindrical, with an enlarged globose fertile head at the apex. Fertile heads 0.1–0.8 mm in width, globose to subglobose, white, covered with conidial mass. Conidiophores 15–25 µm long (x ̄ = 18.8 µm, n = 30), predominantly concentrated within the fertile head, monothetic, occurring either solitarily or in acropleurogenous whorls, and bear 1–4 phialides. Phialides 10–18.9 × 0.9–2.2 µm (x ̄ = 13.8 × 1.5 µm, n = 30), narrowly cylindrical, hyaline, smooth-walled, tapering gradually from the middle to the apex. Conidia 2.4–3.3 × 1.5–2.1 µm (x ̄ = 2.9 × 1.8 µm, n = 30), unicellular, oblong-ellipsoid to obovoid, hyaline.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On insect of Coleoptera currently known from southwestern China.</p><p>Additional specimens examined.</p><p>CHINA • Yunnan Province, Dai autonomous prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Menghai County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.38473&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.975647" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.38473/lat 21.975647)">Mangunxiazhai Town</a>, 21°58'32.33"N, 100°23'5.03"E, alt. 1237 m, 10 August 2024, Xing-Can Peng, BN 24081002-2 (paratype: HKAS 149954) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetically, Polycephalomyces bannaensis is sister to Po. tengchongensis (97 % ML / 1 PP, Fig. 1). Polycephalomyces bannaensis is distinct in having longer synnemata (9–33 mm long) and oblong-ellipsoid to obovoid conidia, while Po. tengchongensis has shorter synnemata (18.7 mm long) and globose conidia. Additionally, P. bannaensis parasitizes coleopteran insects, whereas Po. tengchongensis infects fungi (e. g., Perennicordyceps cf. elaphomyceticola). The PHI test results (Fig. 2) revealed no significant recombination relationships between Po. bannaensis and its phylogenetically related taxa (Φw = 0.2105). Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses and morphological observations, we propose that these two species are distinct from each other and introduce our collections as a new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D9CA861AC5554FD959C5687924066F0	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
3C1904F145CF54B580225D8910129A3C.text	3C1904F145CF54B580225D8910129A3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polycephalomyces chiangraiensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde & T. C. Wen 2026	<div><p>Polycephalomyces chiangraiensis X. Zhang, K. D. Hyde &amp; T. C. Wen sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Reference to Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province, the locality where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Type.</p><p>THAILAND • Chiang Rai Province, Mueang Chiang Rai District, 20°02'48.30"N, 99°49'31.51"E, alt. 410 m, 28 October 2023, Xian Zhang, TX 4-1 (holotype: MFLU 26-0001; ex-type culture: MFLUCC 25-0386) .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Parasitic on Ophiocordyceps sp. ( Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales). Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on PDA growing slowly, attaining a diameter of 1.4–1.9 cm in 21 days at 25 ° C, powdery, vary in color from yellow to white, reverse yellow to brown. Conidiophores normally with 1–2 phialides. Phialides 8.2–19.8 (x ̄ = 15.2 µm, n = 10) long, base 1.6–2.2 μm wide, neck 0.6–0.7 μm wide, hyaline, smooth, narrowly subulate with a neck. Conidia 2–3.2 × 0.9–1.5 µm (x ̄ = 2.5 × 1.1 µm, n = 30), one-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid.</p><p>Habitat and distribution.</p><p>On Ophiocordyceps sp., currently known from northern Thailand.</p><p>Notes.</p><p>The newly proposed species, Po. chiangraiensis, forms a sister lineage to Po. myrmecophilus with 100 % ML / 1 PP support (Fig. 1). Morphologically, Po. chiangraiensis differs from Po. myrmecophilus by having a more pronounced difference in width between the base and apex of the phialides and ellipsoid spores. Based on these phylogenetic and morphological distinctions, Po. chiangraiensis is proposed as a novel species within the genus Polycephalomyces .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C1904F145CF54B580225D8910129A3C	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
05C27D27F091530F9C14011713CA5618.text	05C27D27F091530F9C14011713CA5618.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polycephalomycetaceae Y. P. Xiao, Y. B. Wang, T. C. Wen, H. Yu & K. D. Hyde 2023	<div><p>Polycephalomycetaceae Y. P. Xiao, Y. B. Wang, T. C. Wen, H. Yu &amp; K. D. Hyde, 2023 .</p><p>Polycephalomyces Kobayasi 1941 .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Polycephalomyces is a genus established by Kobayasi (1941), with Po. formosus as its type species. Kepler et al. (2013) reclassified several species into Polycephalomyces based on molecular phylogenetic analyses, confirming its placement within Ophiocordycipitaceae under the “ One Fungus One Name ” principle. This principle unifies the taxonomies of sexual and asexual morphs (Hawksworth et al. 2011; Kepler et al. 2013; Quandt et al. 2014). Matočec et al. (2014) proposed a new genus, Perennicordyceps, for four Polycephalomyces species based on their distinct morphology, including superficial perithecia and hirsutella- or acremonium-like anamorphs. Xiao et al. (2023) transferred Polycephalomyces to Polycephalomycetaceae based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Species within this genus exhibit a broad host range, parasitizing insects and other fungi (e. g., Ophiocordyceps spp. and Elaphomyces spp.), highlighting their ecological versatility (Bischoff et al. 2005; Van Vooren and Audibert 2005; Ban et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2012; Matočec et al. 2014; Wang et al. 2015 a, 2015 b; Xiao et al. 2018; Sun et al. 2019; Wang et al. 2021; Xiao et al. 2023). In this study, we describe two new species of Polycephalomyces, further expanding the known diversity of this ecologically and taxonomically significant genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/05C27D27F091530F9C14011713CA5618	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.		Plazi	Zhang, Xian;Peng, Xing-Can;Wei, De-Ping;Wang, Yi;Norphanphoun, Chada;Hongsanan, Sinang;Xie, Ning;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Mapook, Ausana;Kang, Ji-Chuan;Saichana, Natsaran;Hyde, Kevin D.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D., Wen, Ting-Chi (2026): Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species. IMA Fungus 17: e 171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084
