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Pleurocordyceps Y. J. Yao, Y. H. Wang, S. Ban, W. J. Wang, Y. Li, K. Wang & P. M. Kirk 2021

Authors/Creators

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China & Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 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
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China & Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • 3. Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
  • 4. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 5. Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
  • 6. School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

Description

Pleurocordyceps Y. J. Yao, Y. H. Wang, S. Ban, W. J. Wang, Y. Li, K. Wang & P. M. Kirk, 2021.

Notes.

Pleurocordyceps is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi within the family Polycephalomycetaceae, comprising 23 species (Index Fungorum 2025). This genus was established by Wang et al. (2021) to accommodate species previously classified under Polycephalomyces and Cordyceps, with Pleurocordyceps sinensis (synonym: Paecilomyces sinensis) designated as the type species. Alongside Polycephalomyces and Perennicordyceps, it forms a well-supported monophyletic clade within Hypocreales. Xiao et al. (2023) further clarified its taxonomic placement by formally assigning Pleurocordyceps to the newly established family Polycephalomycetaceae, thereby stabilizing its systematic position within Hypocreales. The sexual morph is characterized by lateral, pulvinate stromata near the host surface, bearing perithecia close to the apex, while the asexual morph produces two distinct conidial types in culture (Wang et al. 2021). Herein, we introduce Pl. shibingensis and Pl. tengchongensis as two new species.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Xian, Peng, Xing-Can, Wei, De-Ping, Wang, Yi, Norphanphoun, Chada, Hongsanan, Sinang, Xie, Ning, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Mapook, Ausana, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Saichana, Natsaran, Hyde, Kevin D. & Wen, Ting-Chi, 2026, Reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of hirsutella-like fungi across Ophiocordycipitaceae and Polycephalomycetaceae (Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes), and the description of seven new species, pp. e 171084 in IMA Fungus 17 on page e171084, DOI: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9E5BB7BD843D51ECB1CF6A6823916789

Cites
Publication: 10.1111/jse.12705 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1007/s13225-023-00517-4 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.3897/imafungus.17.171084 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/8ADA96692D0F557FA92F97A536512764 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/314213510 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/314256/taxon/9E5BB7BD843D51ECB1CF6A6823916789.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Y. J. Yao, Y. H. Wang, S. Ban, W. J. Wang, Y. Li, K. Wang & P. M. Kirk
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Order
Hypocreales
Family
Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus
Pleurocordyceps
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pleurocordyceps Yao, 2021 sec. Zhang, Peng, Wei, Wang, Norphanphoun, Hongsanan, Xie, Liu, Mapook, Kang, Saichana, Hyde & Wen, 2026

References

  • Wang YH, Ban S, Wang WJ et al. (2021) Pleurocordyceps gen. nov. for a clade of fungi previously included in Polycephalomyces based on molecular phylogeny and morphology. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59 (5): 1065–1080. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12705
  • Xiao YP, Wang YB, Hyde KD et al. (2023) Polycephalomycetaceae, a new family of clavicipitoid fungi segregates from Ophiocordycipitaceae. Fungal Diversity, 1–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-023-00517-4