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Review
. 2017 Oct 5;8(4):293-302.
doi: 10.1080/21501203.2017.1386242. eCollection 2017.

Current nomenclatural changes in Cordyceps sensu lato and its multidisciplinary impacts

Bhushan Shrestha  1 , Gi-Ho Sung  2   3   4 , Jae-Mo Sung  1
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Review

Current nomenclatural changes in Cordyceps sensu lato and its multidisciplinary impacts

Bhushan Shrestha et al. Mycology. .

Abstract

Innumerable name changes have occurred in Cordyceps and allied taxa, after the phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps, coupled by the application of one fungus one name after the amendment of ICN. Complying with one fungus one name, many generic names have been protected for monophyletic clades in Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae that have made tremendous transfer of Cordyceps spp. to both sexual and asexual genera. Species compositions of the accepted genera Ophiocordyceps, Tolypocladium, Metarhizium, Perennicordyceps, Polycephalomyces and Purpureocillium are briefly discussed to update the readers with the current placements of Cordyceps spp. Some examples of frequent name changes of Cordyceps spp. are also mentioned, with reference to use of older scientific names in non-mycological publications.

Keywords: Cordyceps sensu lato; entomopathogenic fungi; medicinal fungi; nomenclatural changes; one fungus one name; phylogenetic classification.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Genera segregated from Cordyceps s.l.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Cordyceps spp. transferred to other genera following one fungus one name. * = total no. of spp. accommodated in a genus, # = no. of spp. transferred from Cordyceps.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Species composition of Ophiocordyceps.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Species composition of Tolypocladium. * indicates the no. of spp. transferred from one genus to another.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Species composition of Perennicordyceps. * indicates the no. of spp. transferred from one genus to another.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Species composition of Polycephalomyces. * indicates the no. of spp. transferred from one genus to another.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Species composition of Metarhizium. * indicates the no. of spp. transferred from one genus to another.
Figure 8.
Figure 8.
Multiple transfers of Cordyceps spp. from one genus to another. * indicates the no. of spp. transferred from one genus to another.
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