Ophiocordycipitaceae

E585250

fungal family

Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi best known for species that infect and manipulate insects and other arthropods, including the so-called "zombie-ant" fungi.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cordycipitaceae	1
Ophiocordycipitaceae canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fungal family ⓘ
authority	G.H. Sung NERFINISHED ⓘ Hywel-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ J.M. Sung NERFINISHED ⓘ Spatafora NERFINISHED ⓘ
class	Sordariomycetes NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution	worldwide ⓘ
division	Ascomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalRole	entomopathogenic fungi ⓘ
habitat	temperate forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ
hostRange	ants ⓘ nematodes ⓘ other arthropods ⓘ spiders ⓘ
includes	Drechmeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Harposporium NERFINISHED ⓘ Hirsutella NERFINISHED ⓘ Ophiocordyceps sinensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ophiocordyceps unilateralis NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraisaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Tolypocladium NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Fungi ⓘ
knownFor	behavior-manipulating entomopathogens ⓘ zombie-ant fungi ⓘ
memberOf	Hypocreales families ⓘ
morphology	darkly pigmented stromata ⓘ perithecial ascomata ⓘ
namedBy	G.H. Sung NERFINISHED ⓘ J.M. Sung NERFINISHED ⓘ James W. Spatafora NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel L. Hywel-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Hypocreales NERFINISHED ⓘ
parasiticOn	arthropods ⓘ insects ⓘ
previouslyIncludedIn	Clavicipitaceae s.l. NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Clavicipitaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordycipitaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction	asexual spores ⓘ sexual ascospores ⓘ
studiedIn	biological control of pests ⓘ evolution of host manipulation ⓘ
subdivision	Pezizomycotina NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ
trophicMode	parasite ⓘ pathogen ⓘ
typeGenus	Ophiocordyceps NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearDescribed	2007 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hypocreales → hasMember → Ophiocordycipitaceae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cordycipitaceae