taxonID	type	description	language	source
933987CF7767CC6BFF13BBE9FE58EC16.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Hunan Province: Dongkou County, Xuefeng Mountains, on Phassus nodus in root of living Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 20 October 2012, Ru-Cai Zhu 2012 HN 14 (GZUH 2012 HN 14, holotype!). Differs from related Ophiocordyceps species mainly by its long stromata, without a sterile apex, narrow asci, long ascospores and by its occurrence on Phassus nodus in living root or trunk of Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum. FIGURE 2. Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis. A. Overview of stroma and the host. B. Brown, superficial ascomata on stroma. C. Section of ascomata. D. Apical peridium. E. Basal peridium formed from stroma. F. Mature ascus with ascospores. G. Ascus cap. H, I. Hyaline and filliform ascospores with many septa. Scale bars: A = 20 mm, B = 0.5 mm, C = 100 µm, D, E = 50 µm, F, H = 40 µm, G = 10 µm, I = 20 µm. Stromata 140 – 460 mm long, 2 – 7 mm wide, cylindrical, yellow-brown, 1 – 4 arising mainly from the head or other part of host; living on larvae of Phassus nodus (Hepialidae) in the trunk or upper root near the soil of Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum (Verbenaceae). Stipe 40 – 260 mm long, 2 – 7 mm diam., and sometimes covered with beige, thick, dense, loosely woven mycelium. Fertile part 100 – 200 mm long × 2 – 4 mm diam., cylindrical, yellow-brown. Cells of stromata thin-walled, globose, hyaline, becoming brown-walled towards the outside. Host 60 – 110 mm long, 7 – 12 mm wide, yellow-brown to black-brown, with white endosclerotia. Ascomata 416 – 625 × 161 – 318 µm (x = 520 × 243, n = 20), superficial, long ovoid, with a basal stipe connected to the stromata. Peridium 20 – 74 µm wide (x = 39, n = 20), comprising three layers; hamathecium of paraphyses. Asci 191 – 392 × 4.5 – 8.9 µm (x = 277 × 7.5, n = 20), 8 - spored, cylindrical, pedicellate not clear, with a 4.2 – 6.1 µm wide × 3.8 – 5.8 µm high (x = 5.1 × 4.7, n = 20) hemiglobose cap. Ascospores 130 – 380 × 1.4 – 5.2 µm (x = 256 × 3.2, n = 20), fasciculate, thread-like, slender and long, with many septa, not breaking into secondary ascospores. Asexual state: — Hirsutella.	en	Wen, Ting-Chi, Zhu, Ru-Cai, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Huang, Ming-He, Tan, Dian-Bo, Ariyawansha, Hiran, Hyde, Kevin D., Liu, Hao (2013): Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis sp. nov. from larvae of Phassus nodus (Hepialidae) in Hunan Province, southern China. Phytotaxa 123 (1): 41-50, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.123.1.2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c577feef-d79f-3e90-90af-03665e657223/
933987CF7767CC6BFF13BBE9FE58EC16.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Refers to the type collecting site “ Xuefeng Mountains ”.	en	Wen, Ting-Chi, Zhu, Ru-Cai, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Huang, Ming-He, Tan, Dian-Bo, Ariyawansha, Hiran, Hyde, Kevin D., Liu, Hao (2013): Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis sp. nov. from larvae of Phassus nodus (Hepialidae) in Hunan Province, southern China. Phytotaxa 123 (1): 41-50, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.123.1.2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c577feef-d79f-3e90-90af-03665e657223/
933987CF7767CC6BFF13BBE9FE58EC16.taxon	biology_ecology	Host: — On larvae of Phassus nodus Chu & Wang living in the root or trunk of Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum Turcz. Other material studied (paratypes): — CHINA. Hunan Province: Dongkou County, Xuefeng Mountains, on Phassus nodus in root of living Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 8 October 2011, Ru-Cai Zhu HN 13 (GZUHHN 13!); ex-paratype living culture GZUCCHN 131!; Hunan Province: Dongkou County, Xuefeng Mountains, on Phassus nodus in root of living Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 20 October 2012, Ru-Cai Zhu 2012 HN 11 (GZUH 2012 HN 11!); Hunan Province: Dongkou County, Xuefeng Mountains, on Phassus nodus in trunk of living Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 20 October 2012, Ru-Cai Zhu 2012 HN 13 (GZUH 2012 HN 13!); Hunan Province: Dongkou County, Xuefeng Mountains, on Phassus nodus in root of living Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum, 20 October 2012, Ru-Cai Zhu 2012 HN 19 (GZUH 2012 HN 19!).	en	Wen, Ting-Chi, Zhu, Ru-Cai, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Huang, Ming-He, Tan, Dian-Bo, Ariyawansha, Hiran, Hyde, Kevin D., Liu, Hao (2013): Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis sp. nov. from larvae of Phassus nodus (Hepialidae) in Hunan Province, southern China. Phytotaxa 123 (1): 41-50, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.123.1.2, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c577feef-d79f-3e90-90af-03665e657223/
