| O. bidoupensis |
Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) |
Solitary, solid, cylindrical, yellow, 11.8-22.5 cm long. |
Immersed, pyriform to lanceolate, brown-yellow, 213.4-405.9 × 74.8-192.4 μm. |
Hyaline, slender, 116.1-192.7 × 4.8-7.5 μm. |
Hyaline, filiform, multi-septate. |
Cone, hyaline, septate, smooth-walled, forming on hyphae, with a hypertrophic base, tapering abruptly into a thin neck, smooth-walled, 13.8-46.4 × 0.42-5.13 μm. |
Oval or briolette, hyaline, smooth-walled, 2.24-3.61 × 1.49-2.70 μm. |
This study |
| O. brunneipunctata |
Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) |
Solitary, rarely up to 3, simple, 25-90 mm high. |
Immersed, perithecioid, brown, ovate to pyriform, brown-walled, 270-335 × 110-160 μm. |
Hyaline, cylindric, capitate, 8-spored, 280-295 × 6-7 μm. |
Hyaline, filiform, multiseptate breaking into 64 part spores, 4-6 × 1-1.5 μm. |
Monophialidic, rarely polyphialidic, hyaline, smooth, 5.5-7.5 × 2.5-3.0 μm at the base, up to 15 × 0.5 μm above. |
Hyaline, aseptate, smooth, spherical 1.5-2.5 μm diam., enveloped by a mucous sheath. |
Hywel-Jones 1995b; Luangsa-ard et al. 2008 |
| O. cossidarum |
Larva of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) |
Solitary, simple, 40-70 mm high. |
Immersed, red, ovate to phialide, red-walled, 355-454 × 136-171 μm. |
Hyaline, cylindrical, 8-spored with a thickened apex, 174-221 × 5.7-7 μm. |
Hyaline, fifiliform, multiseptate,131-153 × 1.8-2.2 μm, breaking into 32 part-spores. |
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Hyde et al. 2017 |
| O. furcatosubulata |
Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) |
Single, solid, yellow to brown, 40-80 mm long, 1.5-2.2 mm wide. |
Immersed, long ovoid or pyriform, 289.6-405.8 × 87.0-159.2 µm. |
Hyaline, cylindrical, 138.8-202.5 × 4.3-6.0 μm. |
Hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, finally breaking into secondary ascospores, 3.7-5.3 × 1.3-2.0 μm. |
Polyphialidic, forming on conidiophores or side branches, hyaline, with a slender or subulate base, tapering gradually, smooth-walled or verruculose, 3.5-15.8 × 0.9-1.7 μm. |
Solitary, aseptate, smooth-walled, broadly ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-1.9 μm. |
Wang et al. 2021a |
| O. houaynhangensis |
Larva of Coleoptera |
Solitary, cylindrical, cream, up to 11 cm long and 1.5-2.5 mm in width. |
Completely immersed, obclavate, 300-450 × 80-170 µm. |
Cylindrical, 100-250 × 4-7.5 µm. |
Hyaline, cylindrical, breaking into 32 small truncate part-spores, 4-7 × 1-2 µm. |
Monophialidic, phialides flasked-shaped with long necks, up to 30 µm long and 2-4 µm in breadth; phialide necks up to 18 μm long and 0.5 µm in breadth. |
Hyaline, smooth, spherical, 2-3 µm. |
Crous et al. 2018 |
| O. langbianensis |
Larva of Coleoptera |
Solitary, rarely branched, 40-100 mm long. |
Immersed, ovate or pyriform, 260-400 × 100-190 µm. |
Cylindrical, with thickened cap, 200-250 × 5.0-6.0 μm. |
Fliform, multiseptate, articulated in long-chain afer discharging, sometimes breaking into 1-celled part spores, 5-7.5 × 1.3-2 µm. |
Divergent. |
Chains, elliptical. |
Lao et al. 2021 |
| O. sobolifera |
Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) |
Commonly single, rarely fasciculated by twos or threes, arising from head among polster, clavate or cylindric 2-8 cm long, 2-6 mm thick, become hollow after maturity. |
Rectangularly immersed, ampullaceous 500-600 × 220-260 μm, with somewhat long neck, ostiola somewhat prominent, walls hyaline 8-16 μm thick. |
Cylindric, 400-470 × 5.6-6.3 μm. |
Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, truncate at both ends, 6-12 × 1.0-1.3 μm. |
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Terminal or lateral, ellpsoid or fusiformed, hyaline, 6.5-10.5 × 2.5-4.0 μm. |
Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963 |
| O. yakusimensis |
Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) |
Very long attaining 14 cm, arising from the apical part between eyes. |
Wholly embeddèd, narrow ovoid or almost naviculate, 740-800 × 170-230 μm, without protruding ostiola, neck almost destitute, wall 21-23 μm thick, composed of very thin cells. |
270-310 × 5 μm. |
Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, long cylindrical, somewhat attenuated on both sides, terminally truncate, 10-15 × 1 μm. |
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Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963 |
| Ophiocordyceps longissima |
Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Homoptera) |
5-20 cm long, some times much longer. |
Ovoid to long ovoid, with a short neck, 440-590 × 130-300 µm. |
190-350 × 5-6 µm. |
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Sung et al. 2011 |
| O. khonkaenensis |
Cicada nymph (Hemiptera) |
Variable in number, solitary to three, 20-30 mm long and 2-3 mm in breath. |
Immersed, flask shaped, 590-700 × 200-300 µm. |
Cylindrical, 237.5-337.5 × 5-6 µm. |
Filiform, 300-360 × 1-1.5 µm readily breaking into 32 part-spores, 7-13 × 1-1.5 µm. |
Phialidic, hirsutella-like, 5.5-11 × 2-3 µm. |
Hyaline, fusiform, smoothwalled, 3-5.5 × 1-3 µm. |
Crous et al. 2019 |
| O. hydrangea |
Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) |
Solitary, the top of the stroma similar to Ophiocordyceps hydrangea, pale pink,1.6-6.4 cm long. |
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Solitary or whorled, ampuliform, smooth-walled, forming on conidiophores or colonies, hyaline, with swollen base, and slender top, 10.6-17.6 µm long, 2.9-4.3 µm wide at the swollen base, and 1.1-2.2 µm wide at the slender top. |
Hyaline, ovoid or long oval, solitary, 6.8-10.1 × 3.3-4.5 µm. |
This study |