List of Cordyceps species


As of December 2024, the following 262 species were accepted in the genus Cordyceps:[1]

A

  • Cordyceps adpropinquans (Ces.) Sacc. 1883
  • Cordyceps aeruginosclerota Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 1997
  • Cordyceps agriotidis Kawam. 1955
  • Cordyceps alba Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps albella Massee 1899
  • Cordyceps albida Berk. & M.A. Curtis ex Cooke 1884
  • Cordyceps albocitrinus Koval 1974
  • Cordyceps alboperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps alpicola Kobayasi 1976
  • Cordyceps amoene-rosea (Henn.) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps ampullacea Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982[a]
  • Cordyceps araneae Mongkols., Tasan., Noisrip., Himaman & Luangsa-ard 2020
  • Cordyceps aspera Pat. 1893
  • Cordyceps atewensis Samson, H.C. Evans & Hoekstra 1982
  • Cordyceps atrobrunnea Penz. & Sacc. 1898
  • Cordyceps atropuncta Koval 1961
  • Cordyceps aurantiaca Lohwag 1937
  • Cordyceps aurea Moureau 1949

B

  • Cordyceps barberi Giard 1894
  • Cordyceps baumanniana Henn. 1897
  • Cordyceps belizensis Mains 1940[a]
  • Cordyceps bicolor Pat. 1928
  • Cordyceps bifusispora O.E. Erikss. 1982[b]
  • Cordyceps blackwelliae Mongkols., Noisrip., Thanakitp., Spatafora & Luangsa-ard 2018
  • Cordyceps bokyoensis Kobayasi 1983
  • Cordyceps bombi Rick ex Lloyd 1920
  • Cordyceps brasiliensis Henn. 1897
  • Cordyceps brevistroma Mongkols., Tasan., Thanakitp. & Luangsa-ard 2020
  • Cordyceps brittlebankii McLennan & Cookson 1926
  • Cordyceps brongniartii Shimazu 1989[a]
  • Cordyceps bullispora Hong Yu bis, Q.Y. Dong & Zhi Yuan Zhao 2022
  • Cordyceps bulolensis Kobayasi 1976

C

  • Cordyceps caespitosa (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. 1878
  • Cordyceps caespitosofiliformis Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps callidii Quél. 1898
  • Cordyceps caloceroides Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1869
  • Cordyceps carnata Moureau 1949
  • Cordyceps caroliniensis Berk. & Ravenel 1855
  • Cordyceps cateniannulata (Z.Q. Liang) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps cateniobliqua (Z.Q. Liang) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps chaetoclavata H. Yu, Y.B. Wang, Y. Wang, Q. Fan & Zhu L. Yang 2020
  • Cordyceps changbaiensis J.J. Hu, Bo Zhang & Y. Li 2021
  • Cordyceps changchunensis J.J. Hu, Bo Zhang & Y. Li 2021
  • Cordyceps changpaishanensis Kobayasi 1981
  • Cordyceps chanhua Z.Z. Li, F.G. Luan, N.L. Hywel-Jones, C.R. Li & S.L. Zhang 2021
  • Cordyceps chiangdaoensis Tasan., Thanakitp., Khons. & Luangsa-ard 2016
  • Cordyceps chichibuensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1980[a]
  • Cordyceps chishuiensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 2002
  • Cordyceps chongqingensis Y.H. Yang, Shao X. Cai, Y.M. Zheng, X.M. Lu, X.Y. Xu & Y.M. Han 2008
  • Cordyceps chualasae Koval & M.M. Nazarova 1970
  • Cordyceps cinnabarina Petch 1933
  • Cordyceps citrea Penz. & Sacc. 1898
  • Cordyceps coccidiocapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps coccinea Penz. & Sacc. 1898[a]
  • Cordyceps cocoonihabita H. Yu, Y.B. Wang, Y. Wang, Q. Fan & Zhu L. Yang 2020
  • Cordyceps coleopterorum (Samson & H.C. Evans) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps consumpta G. Cunn. 1921
  • Cordyceps coronilla Höhn. 1909
  • Cordyceps cotopaxiana Kobayasi 1981
  • Cordyceps coxii Olliff 1895
  • Cordyceps craigii Lloyd 1915
  • Cordyceps cranstounii Olliff 1895
  • Cordyceps cristata Möller 1901
  • Cordyceps ctenocephala P. Syd. 1922
  • Cordyceps cuncunae Palfner 2012
  • Cordyceps cusu Pat. 1895
  • Cordyceps cylindrica Petch 1937

D

  • Cordyceps deflectens Penz. & Sacc. 1898
  • Cordyceps dennisii T. Ulvinen 1976
  • Cordyceps dimeropoda P. Syd. 1922
  • Cordyceps doassansii Pat. 1885
  • Cordyceps doiana Kobayasi 1981

E

  • Cordyceps erotyli Petch 1937[a]
  • Cordyceps exasperata A.F. Vital 1956[a]

F

  • Cordyceps farinosa (Holmsk.) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps fasciculata Pat. 1899
  • Cordyceps flavobrunnescens Henn. 1899[a]
  • Cordyceps fleischeri Penz. & Sacc. 1902
  • Cordyceps formosana Kobayasi & Shimizu 1981[a]
  • Cordyceps fuliginosa Ces. 1861
  • Cordyceps fumosorosea (Wize) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps furcata McLennan & Cookson 1923

G

  • Cordyceps gemella Moureau 1961
  • Cordyceps geotrupis Teng 1934
  • Cordyceps grenadensis Mains 1954
  • Cordyceps grylli Teng 1936
  • Cordyceps gryllotalpae Lloyd 1920[a]
  • Cordyceps guizhouensis Zuo Y. Liu, Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 1997

H

  • Cordyceps hackmannii Rehm 1904
  • Cordyceps hawkesii G.R. Gray 1858
  • Cordyceps hehuanensis W.Y. Chuang & Ariyaw. 2024
  • Cordyceps henleyae Massee 1894
  • Cordyceps hepialidicola Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983[a]
  • Cordyceps herculea (Schwein.) Sacc. 1883
  • Cordyceps herculea (Cooke) Mussat 1901
  • Cordyceps hesleri Mains 1939
  • Cordyceps hirotaniana Kobayasi 1983 Kobayasi 1983
  • Cordyceps hokkaidoensis Kobayasi 1941
  • Cordyceps hormospora Möller 1901
  • Cordyceps huntii Giard 1895

I

  • Cordyceps ignota Marchion. 1945
  • Cordyceps imagamiana Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps incarnata Möller 1901
  • Cordyceps inconspicua Moureau 1962
  • Cordyceps interrupta Höhn. 1909
  • Cordyceps inthanonensis Mongkols., Tasan., Thanakitp. & Luangsa-ard 2020
  • Cordyceps iriomoteana Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps isarioides M.A. Curtis 1895[a]
  • Cordyceps ithacensis Bałazy & Bujak. 1986

J

  • Cordyceps jakajanicola Luangsa-ard, Tasan., Noisrip. & Hywel-Jones 2019
  • Cordyceps javanica Bally 1923
  • Cordyceps javensis Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps jinyuetanensis J.J. Hu, Bo Zhang & Y. Li 2021
  • Cordyceps joaquiensis Henn. 1904
  • Cordyceps juruensis Henn. 1904

K

  • Cordyceps kintrischica (B.A. Borisov & Tarasov) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps kirkii G. Cunn. 1922
  • Cordyceps klenei Pat. 1908
  • Cordyceps kobayasii Koval 1984
  • Cordyceps koratensis (Hywel-Jones) Ariyaw., M. Stadler & Luangsa-ard 2024
  • Cordyceps kuiburiensis Himaman, Mongkols., Noisrip. & Luangsa-ard 2019
  • Cordyceps kurijimeaensis Negi, Koranga, Ranj. Singh & Z. Ahmed 2010
  • Cordyceps kyushuensis Kawam. 1955[a] also spelled kyusyuënsis

L

  • Cordyceps lacroixii Har. & Pat. 1904
  • Cordyceps langloisii Ellis & Everh. 1892
  • Cordyceps lateritia Dingley 1953
  • Cordyceps lepidopterorum Moureau 1962
  • Cordyceps leucocephala Massee 1899
  • Cordyceps lignicola Massee 1899
  • Cordyceps lilacina Moureau 1949
  • Cordyceps locastrae W.Y. Chuang & Ariyaw. 2024
  • Cordyceps longdongensis A.Y. Liu & Z.Q. Liang 1997
  • Cordyceps longiphialis Hong Yu bis, Q.Y. Dong & D.X. Tang 2022
  • Cordyceps loushanensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 1997

M

  • Cordyceps macleodganensis Sapan K. Sharma 2016
  • Cordyceps malleiformis W.Y. Chuang & Ariyaw. 2024
  • Cordyceps manzhurica Koval 1961
  • Cordyceps maolanensis Zuo Y. Liu & Z.Q. Liang 1997
  • Cordyceps maolanoides Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & J.Z. Huang 2002
  • Cordyceps memorabilis (Ces.) Ces. 1861
  • Cordyceps mexicana L. López-Rodríguez, C. Burrola-Aguilar & R. Garibay-Orijel 2022
  • Cordyceps michaelisii Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps militaris (L.) Fr. (1818)[b]
  • Cordyceps miniata Moureau 1961
  • Cordyceps minuta Kobayasi 1963
  • Cordyceps miquelii (Tul. & C. Tul.) Sacc. 1883
  • Cordyceps miryensis Henn. 1904[a]
  • Cordyceps mitrata Pat. 1898
  • Cordyceps montagnei Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1869
  • Cordyceps morakotii Tasan., Thanakitp. & Luangsa-ard 2016
  • Cordyceps muscae Henn. 1898
  • Cordyceps myosuroides Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps myrmecogena Kobayasi & Shimizu 1978

N

  • Cordyceps nabanheensis Hong Yu bis & Q.Y. Dong 2022
  • Cordyceps nakazawae Kawam. 1955
  • Cordyceps nanatakiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps necator Pat. & Har. 1912
  • Cordyceps neogryllotalpae Kobayasi 1976
  • Cordyceps neopruinosa Mongkols., Noisrip., Khons. & Luangsa-ard 2020
  • Cordyceps neosuperficialis T.H. Li, Chun Y. Deng & B. Song 2008
  • Cordyceps nidus T. Sanjuan, Chir.-Salom. & S. Restrepo 2017
  • Cordyceps nikkoensis Kobayasi 1941[a]
  • Cordyceps ninchukispora (C.H. Su & H.H. Wang) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007[b]
  • Cordyceps ningxiaensis T. Bau & J.Q. Yan 2014
  • Cordyceps nirtolii Negi, Koranga, Ranj. Singh & Z. Ahmed 2010
  • Cordyceps norvegica Johan-Olsen 1911
  • Cordyceps novoguineensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1976

O

  • Cordyceps obliqua Kobayasi 1941
  • Cordyceps obliquiordinata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps ochraceostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1980[b]
  • Cordyceps odyneri Quél. 1886
  • Cordyceps ogurasanensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982[a]
  • Cordyceps olivacea Rick 1922
  • Cordyceps olivaceovirescens Henn. 1900
  • Cordyceps olivascens Mains 1947
  • Cordyceps oncoperae P.J. Wright 1993[a]
  • Cordyceps ootakiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps ootakiensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps ovoideoperitheciata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps oxycephala Penz. & Sacc. 1898

P

  • Cordyceps pallidiolivacea Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps parvistroma Mongkols., Tasan., Thanakitp. & Luangsa-ard 2020
  • Cordyceps parvula Mains 1959
  • Cordyceps phymatospora C.R. Li, M.Z. Fan & Z.Z. Li 2002
  • Cordyceps pieli Olliff 1895
  • Cordyceps pilifera Kobayasi 1981
  • Cordyceps pittieri E. Bommer & M. Rousseau 1896
  • Cordyceps pleuricapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps podocreoides Höhn. 1909
  • Cordyceps policapitata X.C. Peng, Y.P. Xiao & T.C. Wen 2023
  • Cordyceps polyarthra Möller 1901[a]
  • Cordyceps polycarpica Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 1996
  • Cordyceps polycephala Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps polystromata Hong Yu bis, Y. Wang & Q.Y. Dong 2023
  • Cordyceps poprawskii (Caban., J.H. de Leon, Humber, K.D. Murray & W.A. Jones) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps pruinosa Petch 1924[b]
  • Cordyceps pseudoinsignis Moureau 1949
  • Cordyceps pseudonelumboides Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982
  • Cordyceps pseudorosea W.Y. Chuang & Ariyaw. 2024
  • Cordyceps puiggarii Speg. 1918

Q

  • Cordyceps qingchengensis L.S. Zha & T.C. Wen 2019

R

  • Cordyceps racemosa Berk. 1854
  • Cordyceps ramosostipitata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps rhizomorpha Möller 1901
  • Cordyceps riverae Pacioni 1979
  • Cordyceps rosea Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982[a]
  • Cordyceps roseostromata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983[b]
  • Cordyceps rostrata Z.Q. Liang, A.Y. Liu & M.H. Liu 2003
  • Cordyceps rubiginosistipitata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps rubra Möller 1901
  • Cordyceps rubricapitata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps rubrostromata Kobayasi 1983

S

  • Cordyceps sakishimensis Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps sandindaengensis Mongkols., Noisrip. & Luangsa-ard 2023
  • Cordyceps sapaensis Hong Yu bis, Y. Wang & Q.Y. Dong 2023
  • Cordyceps scottianus Olliff 1895
  • Cordyceps setulosa Quél. 1875
  • Cordyceps shanxiensis B. Liu, Rong & H.S. Jin 1985
  • Cordyceps sheeringii Massee 1890
  • Cordyceps shimaensis Kobayasi 1981
  • Cordyceps shimizui Y.J. Yao 1995
  • Cordyceps shuifuensis H. Yu, Y.B. Wang, Y. Wang & Zhu L. Yang 2020
  • Cordyceps siangyangensis W.Y. Chuang & Ariyaw. 2024
  • Cordyceps simaoensis Hong Yu bis, Q.Y. Dong & Z.Q. Wang 2022
  • Cordyceps sinclairii Kobayasi 1949
  • Cordyceps singeri Mains 1954[a]
  • Cordyceps spegazzinii M.S. Torres, J.F. White & J.F. Bisch. 2006[a]
  • Cordyceps sphaerocapitata Kobayasi 1976
  • Cordyceps stiphrodes P. Syd. 1922
  • Cordyceps subcorticicola Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps submilitaris Henn. 1896
  • Cordyceps subpolyarthra Henn. 1902
  • Cordyceps subtenuipes H. Yu, Y.B. Wang, Y. Wang, D.E. Duan & Zhu L. Yang 2020
  • Cordyceps succavus Y.P. Xiao, T.C. Wen & K.D. Hyde 2019
  • Cordyceps sulfurea Kobayasi & Shimizu 1983
  • Cordyceps suoluoensis Z.Q. Liang & A.Y. Liu 2002

T

  • Cordyceps taishanensis B. Liu, P.G. Yuan & J.Z. Cao 1984
  • Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. & Kumaz. 1941[b]
  • Cordyceps tarapotensis Henn. 1904[a]
  • Cordyceps tenuipes (Peck) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora 2017
  • Cordyceps termitophila Kobayasi & Shimizu 1978[a]
  • Cordyceps thaxteri Mains 1939
  • Cordyceps tiankengensis W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han, J.D. Liang & Z.Q. Liang 2022
  • Cordyceps translucens Petch 1924
  • Cordyceps trictenae Olliff 1895
  • Cordyceps trinidadensis Mains 1959
  • Cordyceps truncata Moureau 1949[a]
  • Cordyceps typhuliformis Berk. & Cooke 1884[a]

U

  • Cordyceps uleana Henn. 1904
  • Cordyceps ussuriensis Koval 1961

V

  • Cordyceps variegata Moureau 1949
  • Cordyceps velutipes Massee 1895
  • Cordyceps venezuelensis Mains 1947
  • Cordyceps vinosa Moureau 1961
  • Cordyceps vorobjovii Koval & M.M. Nazarova 1970

W

  • Cordyceps wallaysii Westend. 1859
  • Cordyceps washingtonensis Mains 1947[a]

Y

  • Cordyceps yahagiana Kobayasi & Shimizu 1980
  • Cordyceps yaoluopingensis Y. Yang, Y.P. Xiao & X. Luo 2022
  • Cordyceps yinjiangensis Y.P. Li, W.H. Chen, Y.F. Han & Z.Q. Liang 2020

Members of Cordyceps s. s. with a different preferred name

  • Cordyceps bassiana Z.Z. Li, C.R. Li, B. Huang & M.Z. Fan 2001 is better accepted as Beauveria bassiana[a]
  • Cordyceps confragosa (Mains) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007[b]
  • Cordyceps locustiphila Henn 1904[a]
  • Cordyceps scarabaeicola Kobayasi 1976[b]
  • Cordyceps staphylinidicola ex Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982 originally as "C. staphylinidaecola"[b]
  • Cordyceps tuberculata (Lebert) Maire 1917[b]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Belongs to Cordyceps sensu stricto per Sung et al. (2007) using morphology.[2]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Belongs to Cordyceps sensu stricto per Sung et al. (2007) using molecular phylogeny.[2]

In addition, species moved to or described in the genus after Sung's re-circumscription in 2007 may be assumed to belong to Cordyceps sensu stricto.

References

  1. ^ "Index Fungorum - Search Page". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  2. ^ a b Sung, GH; Hywel-Jones, NL; Sung, JM; Luangsa-Ard, JJ; Shrestha, B; Spatafora, JW (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology. 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.