Ophiocordyceps subflavida (Mains) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Zha, Ling-Sheng, Kryukov, Vadim Yu, Ding, Jian-Hua, Jeewon, Rajesh & Chomnunti, Putarak, 2021, Novel taxa and species diversity of Cordyceps sensu lato (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) developing on wireworms (Elateroidea and Tenebrionoidea, Coleoptera), MycoKeys 78, pp. 79-117 : 79

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.61836
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scientific name	Ophiocordyceps subflavida (Mains) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora
status

Treatment

Cordyceps albida ≡ Cordyceps albida Pat. & Gaillard

Cordyceps subflavida ≡ Cordyceps subflavida Mains

Hosts.

Elateridae larvae ( Shimizu 1997).

Known distribution.

Japan ( Shimizu 1997), Venezuela ( Mains 1959).

Note.

The species was originally reported from Venezuela and its host was recorded as an insect larva ( Mains 1959). Shimizu (1997) identified the host of a specimen from Japan as an Elateridae larva.