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Cordyceps poluscapitis sp. nov., an ant-pathogenic fungus from Guizhou, China
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- 1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China. & The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China. & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & pengxc09@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7271-7639
- 2. The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China. & Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & emmaypx@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1730-3545
- 3. The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China. & School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China. & zy985362328@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-487X
- 4. School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & putarak.cho@mfu.ac.th; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2989-1735
- 5. School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. & khanobporn.tan@mfu.ac.th; https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7081-618X
- 6. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China. & The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province 550025, China. & Guizhou Key Laboratory of Edible fungi breeding, Guizhou 550006, China. & 10740826@qq.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1744-5869
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Peng, Xing-Can, Xiao, Yuan-Pin, Zhang, Yan, Chomnunti, Putarak, Tangtrakulwanich, Khanobporn, Wen, Ting-Chi (2023): Cordyceps poluscapitis sp. nov., an ant-pathogenic fungus from Guizhou, China. Phytotaxa 599 (4): 239-251, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.599.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.599.4.3
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