Species Fungorum - GSD Species

Species Fungorum

Current Name:
Ophiocordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora, in Sung, Hywel-Jones, Sung, Luangsa-ard, Shrestha & Spatafora, Stud. Mycol. 57: 44 (2007)

Synonymy:
Torrubia melolonthae Tul. & C. Tul., Select. fung. carpol. (Paris) 3: 12 (1865)
Cordyceps melolonthae (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc., Michelia 1(no. 3): 320 (1878)

Cordyceps rickii Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. (Cincinnati) 6(Letter 62): 914 (1920)
Cordyceps melolonthae var. rickii (Lloyd) Mains, Mycologia 50(2): 198 (1958)
Ophiocordyceps melolonthae var. rickii (Lloyd) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora, in Sung, Hywel-Jones, Sung, Luangsa-ard, Shrestha & Spatafora, Stud. Mycol. 57: 44 (2007)

Position in classification:
Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi

Synonymy Contributor(s):
Kew Mycology (2015)