Kingdom Fungi Subdivision Pezizomycotina Family Ophiocordycipitaceae Rank Genus | Division Ascomycota Class Sordariomycetes Species P. coccophagus Order Hypocreales | |
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Similar Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hirsutella, Ophiocordyceps, Sordariomycetes | ||
Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus is an extinct parasitic fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae from Cretaceous-aged Burmese amber. P. coccophagus' morphology is very similar to the species of Ophiocordyceps. The only known specimen consists of two whip-like fruiting bodies emerging from the head of a male scale insect of an undescribed species very similar to the extinct species Albicoccus dimai.
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