Cordyceps

Cordyceps
	Cordyceps militaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Cordycipitaceae
Genus:	Cordyceps; Fr. (1818)
Type species
	Cordyceps militaris; (L.) Fr. (1818)
Species
	List of species Cordyceps acridophila ; Cordyceps albocitrina ; Cordyceps amoene -rosea ; Cordyceps ampullacea ; Cordyceps bifusispora ; Cordyceps blackwelliae ; Cordyceps brasiliensis ; Cordyceps cateniannulata ; Cordyceps cateniobliqua ; Cordyceps chiangdaoensis ; Cordyceps cicadae ; Cordyceps coccidioperitheciata ; Cordyceps coleopterorum ; Cordyceps confragosa ; Cordyceps cuncunae ; Cordyceps cylindrica ; Cordyceps farinosa ; Cordyceps fratricida ; Cordyceps fumosorosea ; Cordyceps ghanensis ; Cordyceps grylli ; Cordyceps guangdongensis ; Cordyceps gunnii ; Cordyceps gunnii var. minor ; Cordyceps henleyae ; Cordyceps hepialidicola ; Cordyceps hesleri ; Cordyceps ignota ; Cordyceps imagamiana ; Cordyceps isarioides ; Cordyceps javanica ; Cordyceps kirkii ; Cordyceps koreana ; Cordyceps kurijimeansis ; Cordyceps kyushuensis ; Cordyceps lepidopterorum ; Cordyceps locusticola ; Cordyceps locustiphila ; Cordyceps memorabilis ; Cordyceps militaris ; Cordyceps morakotii ; Cordyceps nakazawai ; Cordyceps nidus ; Cordyceps ninchukispora ; Cordyceps ningxiaensis ; Cordyceps nirtolii ; Cordyceps ochraceostromata ; Cordyceps pleuricapitata ; Cordyceps polyarthra ; Cordyceps poprawskii ; Cordyceps pruinosa ; Cordyceps pseudonelumboides ; Cordyceps rosea ; Cordyceps roseostromata ; Cordyceps scarabaeucika ; Cordyceps sinensis See Ophiocordyceps sinensis. ; Cordyceps spegazzinii ; Cordyceps sphingum ; Cordyceps submilitaris ; Cordyceps taishanensis ; Cordyceps takaomontana ; Cordyceps tenuipes ; Cordyceps unilateralis See Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. ;

Cordyceps /ˈkɔːrdɪsɛps/ is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 worldwide species. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine.^[2] Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi.^[3]

The generic name Cordyceps is derived from the ancient Greek κορδύλη kordýlē, meaning "club", and the Latin -ceps, meaning "-headed".^[4] The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most of the approximately 600 known species^[5] being from Asia (notably Nepal, China, Japan, Bhutan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand).

^ "Cordyceps". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
^ Buenz, E. J.; B. A. Bauer; Osmundson, T. W. & Motley, T. J. (2005). "The traditional Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis and its effects on apoptotic homeostasis". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 96 (1–2): 19–29. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.09.029. PMID 15588646.
^ Nikoh, N (April 2000). "Interkingdom host jumping underground: phylogenetic analysis of entomoparasitic fungus of the genus cordyceps". Mol Biol Evol. 17 (4): 629–38. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026341. PMID 10742053.
^ "Cordyceps". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ Sung, Gi-Ho; Nigel L. Hywel-Jones; Jae-Mo Sung; J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard; Bhushan Shrestha & Joseph W. Spatafora (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Stud Mycol. 57 (1): 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.

[1] "Cordyceps". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

[2] Buenz, E. J.; B. A. Bauer; Osmundson, T. W. & Motley, T. J. (2005). "The traditional Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis and its effects on apoptotic homeostasis". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 96 (1–2): 19–29. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.09.029. PMID 15588646.

[3] Nikoh, N (April 2000). "Interkingdom host jumping underground: phylogenetic analysis of entomoparasitic fungus of the genus cordyceps". Mol Biol Evol. 17 (4): 629–38. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026341. PMID 10742053.

[4] "Cordyceps". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[5] Sung, Gi-Ho; Nigel L. Hywel-Jones; Jae-Mo Sung; J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard; Bhushan Shrestha & Joseph W. Spatafora (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Stud Mycol. 57 (1): 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.

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Cordyceps

Cordyceps militaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Cordycipitaceae
Genus:	Cordyceps Fr. (1818)
Type species
Cordyceps militaris (L.) Fr. (1818)
Species^[1]
List of species Cordyceps acridophila Cordyceps albocitrina Cordyceps amoene -rosea Cordyceps ampullacea Cordyceps bifusispora Cordyceps blackwelliae Cordyceps brasiliensis Cordyceps cateniannulata Cordyceps cateniobliqua Cordyceps chiangdaoensis Cordyceps cicadae Cordyceps coccidioperitheciata Cordyceps coleopterorum Cordyceps confragosa Cordyceps cuncunae Cordyceps cylindrica Cordyceps farinosa Cordyceps fratricida Cordyceps fumosorosea Cordyceps ghanensis Cordyceps grylli Cordyceps guangdongensis Cordyceps gunnii Cordyceps gunnii var. minor Cordyceps henleyae Cordyceps hepialidicola Cordyceps hesleri Cordyceps ignota Cordyceps imagamiana Cordyceps isarioides Cordyceps javanica Cordyceps kirkii Cordyceps koreana Cordyceps kurijimeansis Cordyceps kyushuensis Cordyceps lepidopterorum Cordyceps locusticola Cordyceps locustiphila Cordyceps memorabilis Cordyceps militaris Cordyceps morakotii Cordyceps nakazawai Cordyceps nidus Cordyceps ninchukispora Cordyceps ningxiaensis Cordyceps nirtolii Cordyceps ochraceostromata Cordyceps pleuricapitata Cordyceps polyarthra Cordyceps poprawskii Cordyceps pruinosa Cordyceps pseudonelumboides Cordyceps rosea Cordyceps roseostromata Cordyceps scarabaeucika ~~Cordyceps sinensis~~ See Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Cordyceps spegazzinii Cordyceps sphingum Cordyceps submilitaris Cordyceps taishanensis Cordyceps takaomontana Cordyceps tenuipes ~~Cordyceps unilateralis~~ See Ophiocordyceps unilateralis.