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The phylogenetic placement of hypocrealean insect pathogens in the genus Polycephalomyces: An application of One Fungus One Name

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  • Understanding the systematics and evolution of clavicipitoid fungi has been greatly aided by the application of molecular phylogenetics. They are now classified in three families, largely driven by reevaluation of the morphologically and ecologically diverse genus Cordyceps. Although reevaluation of morphological features of both sexual and asexual states were often found to reflect the structure of phylogenies based on molecular data, many species remain of uncertain placement due to a lack of reliable data or conflicting morphological characters. A rigid, darkly pigmented stipe and the production of a Hirsutella-like anamorph in culture were taken as evidence for the transfer of the species Cordyceps cuboidea, Cordyceps prolifica, and Cordyceps ryogamiensis to the genus Ophiocordyceps. Data from ribosomal DNA supported these species as a single group, but were unable to infer deeper relationships in Hypocreales. Here, molecular data for ribosomal and protein coding DNA from specimens of Ophiocordyceps cuboidea, Ophiocordyceps ryogamiensis, Ophiocordyceps paracuboidea, Ophiocordyceps prolifica, Cordyceps ramosopulvinata, Cordyceps nipponica, and isolates of Polycephalomyces were combined with a broadly sampled dataset of Hypocreales. Phylogenetic analyses of these data revealed that these species represent a clade distinct from the other clavicipitoid genera. Applying the recently adopted single system of nomenclature, new taxonomic combinations are proposed for these species in the genus Polycephalomyces, which has been historically reserved for asexual or anamorphic taxa.
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  • Keywords: Hirsutella, Morphological plasticity, Molecular phylogenetics, Anamorph-teleomorph connection, Cordyceps
  • Keywords: Hirsutella, Morphological plasticity, Molecular phylogenetics, Anamorph-teleomorph connection, Cordyceps
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  • Kepler, R., Ban, S., Nakagiri, A., Bischoff, J., Hywel-Jones, N., Owensby, C. A., & Spatafora, J. W. (2013). The phylogenetic placement of hypocrealean insect pathogens in the genus polycephalomyces: An application of one fungus one name. Fungal Biology, 117(9), 611-622. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2013.06.002
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