Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

de la Fuente, Javier Isaac, García-Jiménez, Jesús, López, Caribell Yuridia, Oros-Ortega, Iván, Vela-Hernández, Reyna Yazuly, Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo, Garza Ocañas, Fortunato, Chay Casanova, Jesús Antonio, Ibarra Garibay, León Esteban & Bandala, Victor Manuel, 2020, An annotated checklist of the macrofungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota) from Quintana Roo, Mexico, Check List 16 (3), pp. 627-648 : 642-643

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.627
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C71A5B-FFDE-D941-B034-AA82BE7CFED3
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora
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Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora View in CoL

Material studied. MEXICO - Quintana Roo • J.I. de la Fuente 73 ( ITCV); Hermenegildo Galeana; 18°10′N, 089°14′W; alt. 229 m; 12 Oct. 2014 GoogleMaps .

Habit and habitat. Scattered on larvae of Coleoptera in evergreen tropical forest.

Identification. This species is characterized by scattered, clavate, yellowish ascomata, 1–5 cm long, filiform ascospores reaching up to 200 µm, fragmenting into

small segments, and the parasitic habit on coleopteran caterpillars. Our material agrees with the descriptions provided by Webber and Smith (1985) and Pérez-Silva et al. (1977).