Kingdom Fungi Class Sordariomycetes Family Ophiocordycipitaceae Rank Species | Division Ascomycota Order Hypocreales Genus Ophiocordyceps | |
Similar Ophiocordyceps, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hirsutella, Hypocreales | ||
Dynamics of parasitic fungus attack ophiocordyceps camponoti rufipedis
Ophiocordyceps camponoti-rufipedis is a species of fungus that parasitizes insect hosts, in particular members of the order Hymenoptera. It was first isolated from Viçosa, Minas Gerais, at an altitude of 700 metres (2,300 ft) on Camponotus rufipes.
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Description
This species mycelium is densely produced from all of its orifices and sutures; the latter is initially a silky white, silky, becoming a ginger colour. Its stromata is single, produced from a dorsal pronotum measuring between 5 to 8 millimetres (0.20 to 0.31 in) and 15 millimetres (0.59 in) in length, which is cylindrical, dark brown at its base, and pinkish in the fertile upper part. The ascomata are immersed and flask-shaped, measuring up to 130 millimetres (5.1 in), including a short ostiole.
Its asci are 8-spored, hyaline and cylindrical, while the ascospores are multiserriate and vermiform; its apex is acute, with a rounded base.