taxonID	type	description	language	source
038387FEFFF6751CFF2074B3FD4EBDE5.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — furcatosubulata, referring to the furcate and subulate sterile apices.	en	Wang, Yao, Wu, Hui-Juan, Tran, Ngoc Lan, Zhang, Guo-Dong, Souvanhnachit, Sisommay, Wang, Yuan-Bing, Yu, Hong (2021): Ophiocordyceps furcatosubulata, a new entomopathogenic fungus parasitizing beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Phytotaxa 482 (3): 268-278, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5
038387FEFFF6751CFF2074B3FD4EBDE5.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: — CHINA. Yunnan Province: Puer City, Simao District, Xinfang Reservoir (N 22 ° 42 ′ 40.74 ″, E 100 ° 57 ′ 27.81 ″), alt. 1348 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 7 October 2019, Yao Wang (YHH 17005, holotype; YFCC 904, ex-holotype culture). Sexual morph: — Stromata single, solid, yellow to brown, arising from the head of host, 40 – 80 mm long, 1.5 – 2.2 mm wide. Stipes clavate, slender, 1.5 – 2.1 mm wide. Fertile parts cylindrical, yellow to brown with dark brown ostioles, 7.2 – 14.1 mm long, 1.7 – 2.2 mm diam, often with a sterile apex. Sterile apices pale yellow, furcate and subulate, 2 – 6 branches, 4.0 – 8.0 × 0.5 mm. Perithecia immersed, long ovoid or pyriform, 289.6 – 405.8 × 87.0 – 159.2 µm. Asci hyaline, cylindrical, 138.8 – 202.5 × 4.3 – 6.0 μm. Apical cap prominent and thick, hemiglobose to taper, 4.2 – 5.7 µm wide, 2.4 – 5.1 µm high. Ascospores hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, finally breaking into secondary ascospores. Secondary ascospores cylindrical, 3.7 – 5.3 × 1.3 – 2.0 µm. Asexual morph: — Colonies on PDA growing very slowly, reaching 18 – 21 mm (19 ± 1.7 mm) diam after 3 months at 25 ° C, hard, irregular swell or flat, white to grey, reverse pale brown. Hyphae hyaline, septate, branched, smoothwalled, 1.2 – 3.6 μm wide. Conidiophores cylindrical, 8.1 – 25.4 × 1.6 – 3.3 µm. Conidiogenous cells polyphialidic or rarely monophialidic, forming on conidiophores or side branches, hyaline, with a slender or subulate base, tapering gradually or abruptly into a thin neck, smooth-walled or verruculose, 3.5 – 15.8 × 0.9 – 1.7 µm. Conidia hyaline, solitary, aseptate, smooth-walled, broadly ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1.5 – 2.5 × 1.2 – 1.9 µm. Chlamydospores present.	en	Wang, Yao, Wu, Hui-Juan, Tran, Ngoc Lan, Zhang, Guo-Dong, Souvanhnachit, Sisommay, Wang, Yuan-Bing, Yu, Hong (2021): Ophiocordyceps furcatosubulata, a new entomopathogenic fungus parasitizing beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Phytotaxa 482 (3): 268-278, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5
038387FEFFF6751CFF2074B3FD4EBDE5.taxon	biology_ecology	Host: — Larvae of elaterid beetles, 18.0 – 31.3 mm long, 1.9 – 3.4 mm wide. Other material examined: — VIETNAM. Nghe An Province: Pu Mat National Park (N 18 ° 55 ′ 45.24 ″, E 104 ° 35 ′ 20.26 ″), alt. 620 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 28 April 2017, Yuan-Bing Wang (YHH 17001; YFCC 902); LAOS. Oudomxay Province: Muang Xay County, Nagang Village (N 20 ° 42 ′ 51.38 ″, E 102 ° 5 ′ 44.48 ″), alt. 698 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 29 July 2019, Yao Wang (YHH 17003; YFCC 903); CHINA. Yunnan Province: Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Mohan (N 21 ° 10 ′ 54.15 ″, E 101 ° 43 ′ 30.71 ″), alt. 879 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 5 October 2019, Hong Yu (YHH 17006). Known distribution: — China, Vietnam and Laos.	en	Wang, Yao, Wu, Hui-Juan, Tran, Ngoc Lan, Zhang, Guo-Dong, Souvanhnachit, Sisommay, Wang, Yuan-Bing, Yu, Hong (2021): Ophiocordyceps furcatosubulata, a new entomopathogenic fungus parasitizing beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Phytotaxa 482 (3): 268-278, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5
