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Cordyceps

Fungi

Family: Cordycipitaceae

200 species in the Library

About

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods ; a few are parasitic on other fungi.

Summary from Wikipedia

Cordyceps aeruginosclerota

Cordyceps aeruginosclerota

Cordyceps alba

Cordyceps alba

Cordyceps albocitrinus

Cordyceps albocitrinus

Cordyceps alboperitheciata

Cordyceps alboperitheciata

Cordyceps alpicola

Cordyceps alpicola

Cordyceps amoene-rosea

Cordyceps amoene-rosea

Cordyceps ampullacea

Cordyceps ampullacea

Cordyceps arachnogena

Cordyceps arachnogena

Cordyceps araneae

Cordyceps araneae

Cordyceps atewensis

Cordyceps atewensis

Cordyceps atropuncta

Cordyceps atropuncta

Cordyceps aurantiaca

Cordyceps aurantiaca

Cordyceps aurea

Cordyceps aurea

Cordyceps barberi

Cordyceps barberi

Cordyceps belizensis

Cordyceps belizensis

Cordyceps bicolor

Cordyceps bicolor

Cordyceps bifusispora

Cordyceps bifusispora

Cordyceps blackwelliae

Cordyceps blackwelliae

Cordyceps bokyoensis

Cordyceps bokyoensis

Cordyceps bombi

Cordyceps bombi

Cordyceps brevistroma

Cordyceps brevistroma

Cordyceps brittlebankii

Cordyceps brittlebankii

Cordyceps brongniartii

Cordyceps brongniartii

Cordyceps bulolensis

Cordyceps bulolensis

Cordyceps caespitosofiliformis

Cordyceps caespitosofiliformis

Cordyceps carnata

Cordyceps carnata

Cordyceps cateniannulata

Cordyceps cateniannulata

Cordyceps cateniobliqua

Cordyceps cateniobliqua

Cordyceps chaetoclavata

Cordyceps chaetoclavata

Cordyceps changbaiensis

Cordyceps changbaiensis

Cordyceps changchunensis

Cordyceps changchunensis

Cordyceps changpaishanensis

Cordyceps changpaishanensis

Cordyceps chanhua

Cordyceps chanhua

Cordyceps chiangdaoensis

Cordyceps chiangdaoensis

Cordyceps chichibuensis

Cordyceps chichibuensis

Cordyceps chishuiensis

Cordyceps chishuiensis

Cordyceps chualasae

Cordyceps chualasae

Cordyceps cinnabarina

Cordyceps cinnabarina

Cordyceps coccidiocapitata

Cordyceps coccidiocapitata

Cordyceps coccinea

Cordyceps coccinea

Cordyceps cocoonihabita

Cordyceps cocoonihabita

Cordyceps coleopterorum

Cordyceps coleopterorum

Cordyceps consumpta

Cordyceps consumpta

Cordyceps cornu-damae

Cordyceps cornu-damae

Cordyceps coronilla

Cordyceps coronilla

Cordyceps cotopaxiana

Cordyceps cotopaxiana

Cordyceps craigii

Cordyceps craigii

Cordyceps cristata

Cordyceps cristata

Cordyceps ctenocephala

Cordyceps ctenocephala

Cordyceps cuncunae

Cordyceps cuncunae

Cordyceps cylindrica

Cordyceps cylindrica

Cordyceps dimeropoda

Cordyceps dimeropoda

Cordyceps doassanssii

Cordyceps doassanssii

Cordyceps doiana

Cordyceps doiana

Cordyceps erotyli

Cordyceps erotyli

Cordyceps exasperata

Cordyceps exasperata

Cordyceps farinosa

Cordyceps farinosa

Cordyceps farinosa

Cordyceps flavobrunnescens

Cordyceps flavobrunnescens

Cordyceps fleischeri

Cordyceps fleischeri

Cordyceps fumosorosea

Cordyceps fumosorosea

Cordyceps furcata

Cordyceps furcata

Cordyceps gemella

Cordyceps gemella

Cordyceps geotrupis

Cordyceps geotrupis

Cordyceps ghanensis

Cordyceps ghanensis

Cordyceps grenadensis

Cordyceps grenadensis

Cordyceps gryllotalpae

Cordyceps gryllotalpae

Cordyceps guizhouensis

Cordyceps guizhouensis

Cordyceps hauturu

Cordyceps hauturu

Cordyceps henleyae

Cordyceps henleyae

Cordyceps hepialidicola

Cordyceps hepialidicola

Cordyceps hesleri

Cordyceps hesleri

Cordyceps hirotaniana

Cordyceps hirotaniana

Cordyceps hokkaidoensis

Cordyceps hokkaidoensis

Cordyceps hormospora

Cordyceps hormospora

Cordyceps ignota

Cordyceps ignota

Cordyceps imagamiana

Cordyceps imagamiana

Cordyceps incarnata

Cordyceps incarnata

Cordyceps inconspicua

Cordyceps inconspicua

Cordyceps interrupta

Cordyceps interrupta

Cordyceps inthanonensis

Cordyceps inthanonensis

Cordyceps iriomoteana

Cordyceps iriomoteana

Cordyceps ithacensis

Cordyceps ithacensis

Cordyceps jakajanicola

Cordyceps jakajanicola

Cordyceps javanica

Cordyceps javanica

Cordyceps javensis

Cordyceps javensis

Cordyceps jinyuetanensis

Cordyceps jinyuetanensis

Cordyceps joaquiensis

Cordyceps joaquiensis

Cordyceps juruensis

Cordyceps juruensis

Cordyceps kintrischica

Cordyceps kintrischica

Cordyceps kirkii

Cordyceps kirkii

Cordyceps klenei

Cordyceps klenei

Cordyceps kobayasii

Cordyceps kobayasii

Cordyceps kuiburiensis

Cordyceps kuiburiensis

Cordyceps kurijimeaensis

Cordyceps kurijimeaensis

Cordyceps kyushuensis

Cordyceps kyushuensis

Cordyceps lacroixii

Cordyceps lacroixii

Cordyceps lateritia

Cordyceps lateritia

Cordyceps lepidopterorum

Cordyceps lepidopterorum

Cordyceps leucocephala

Cordyceps leucocephala

Cordyceps lilacina

Cordyceps lilacina

Cordyceps locusticola

Cordyceps locusticola

Cordyceps longdongensis

Cordyceps longdongensis

Cordyceps loushanensis

Cordyceps loushanensis

Cordyceps lunti

Cordyceps lunti

Cordyceps macleodganensis

Cordyceps macleodganensis

Cordyceps manzhurica

Cordyceps manzhurica

Cordyceps maolanensis

Cordyceps maolanensis

Cordyceps maolanoides

Cordyceps maolanoides

Cordyceps memorabilis

Cordyceps memorabilis

Cordyceps meneristitis

Cordyceps meneristitis

Cordyceps mexicana

Cordyceps mexicana

Cordyceps michaelisii

Cordyceps michaelisii

Cordyceps militaris

Cordyceps militaris

Cordyceps militaris

Cordyceps miniata

Cordyceps miniata

Cordyceps minuta

Cordyceps minuta

Cordyceps miryensis

Cordyceps miryensis

Cordyceps morakotii

Cordyceps morakotii

Cordyceps musicaudata

Cordyceps musicaudata

Cordyceps myosuroides

Cordyceps myosuroides

Cordyceps myrmecogena

Cordyceps myrmecogena

Cordyceps nanatakiensis

Cordyceps nanatakiensis

Cordyceps necator

Cordyceps necator

Cordyceps neogryllotalpae

Cordyceps neogryllotalpae

Cordyceps neopruinosa

Cordyceps neopruinosa

Cordyceps neosuperficialis

Cordyceps neosuperficialis

Cordyceps nidus

Cordyceps nidus

Cordyceps nikkoensis

Cordyceps nikkoensis

Cordyceps ninchukispora

Cordyceps ninchukispora

Cordyceps ningxiaensis

Cordyceps ningxiaensis

Cordyceps nirtolii

Cordyceps nirtolii

Cordyceps novoguineensis

Cordyceps novoguineensis

Cordyceps obliqua

Cordyceps obliqua

Cordyceps obliquiordinata

Cordyceps obliquiordinata

Cordyceps ochraceostromata

Cordyceps ochraceostromata

Cordyceps odyneri

Cordyceps odyneri

Cordyceps ogurasanensis

Cordyceps ogurasanensis

Cordyceps olivacea

Cordyceps olivacea

Cordyceps olivaceovirescens

Cordyceps olivaceovirescens

Cordyceps olivascens

Cordyceps olivascens

Cordyceps ootakiensis

Cordyceps ootakiensis

Cordyceps ovoideoperitheciata

Cordyceps ovoideoperitheciata

Cordyceps pallidiolivacea

Cordyceps pallidiolivacea

Cordyceps parvistroma

Cordyceps parvistroma

Cordyceps parvula

Cordyceps parvula

Cordyceps phymatospora

Cordyceps phymatospora

Cordyceps pilifera

Cordyceps pilifera

Cordyceps pleuricapitata

Cordyceps pleuricapitata

Cordyceps podocreoides

Cordyceps podocreoides

Cordyceps poluscapitis

Cordyceps poluscapitis

Cordyceps polyarthra

Cordyceps polyarthra

Cordyceps polycarpica

Cordyceps polycarpica

Cordyceps polycephala

Cordyceps polycephala

Cordyceps poprawskii

Cordyceps poprawskii

Cordyceps pruinosa

Cordyceps pruinosa

Cordyceps pseudoinsignis

Cordyceps pseudoinsignis

Cordyceps pseudonelumboides

Cordyceps pseudonelumboides

Cordyceps puiggarii

Cordyceps puiggarii

Cordyceps qingchengensis

Cordyceps qingchengensis

Cordyceps ramosostipitata

Cordyceps ramosostipitata

Cordyceps rhizomorpha

Cordyceps rhizomorpha

Cordyceps riverae

Cordyceps riverae

Cordyceps rosea

Cordyceps rosea

Cordyceps roseostromata

Cordyceps roseostromata

Cordyceps rubiginosistipitata

Cordyceps rubiginosistipitata

Cordyceps rubra

Cordyceps rubra

Cordyceps rubricapitata

Cordyceps rubricapitata

Cordyceps rubrostromata

Cordyceps rubrostromata

Cordyceps sakishimensis

Cordyceps sakishimensis

Cordyceps shanxiensis

Cordyceps shanxiensis

Cordyceps shimaensis

Cordyceps shimaensis

Cordyceps shimizui

Cordyceps shimizui

Cordyceps shuifuensis

Cordyceps shuifuensis

Cordyceps singeri

Cordyceps singeri

Cordyceps spegazzinii

Cordyceps spegazzinii

Cordyceps sphaerocapitata

Cordyceps sphaerocapitata

Cordyceps sphaerocephala

Cordyceps sphaerocephala

Cordyceps stiphrodes

Cordyceps stiphrodes

Cordyceps subcorticicola

Cordyceps subcorticicola

Cordyceps submilitaris

Cordyceps submilitaris

Cordyceps subsessilis

Cordyceps subsessilis

Cordyceps subtenuipes

Cordyceps subtenuipes

Cordyceps succavus

Cordyceps succavus

Cordyceps sulfurea

Cordyceps sulfurea

Cordyceps suoluoensis

Cordyceps suoluoensis

Cordyceps taishanensis

Cordyceps taishanensis

Cordyceps takaomontana

Cordyceps takaomontana

Cordyceps tarapotensis

Cordyceps tarapotensis

Cordyceps tenuipes

Cordyceps tenuipes

Cordyceps termitophila

Cordyceps termitophila

Cordyceps thaxteri

Cordyceps thaxteri

Cordyceps tiankengensis

Cordyceps tiankengensis

Cordyceps translucens

Cordyceps translucens

Cordyceps trinidadensis

Cordyceps trinidadensis

Cordyceps truncata

Cordyceps truncata

Cordyceps turberculata

Cordyceps turberculata

Cordyceps uleana

Cordyceps uleana

Cordyceps ussuriensis

Cordyceps ussuriensis

Cordyceps variegata

Cordyceps variegata

Cordyceps velutipes

Cordyceps velutipes

Cordyceps venezuelensis

Cordyceps venezuelensis