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Ophiocordyceps Blattae
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis
''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', commonly known as zombie-ant fungus, is an insect-pathogenic fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. ''O. unilateralis'' infects ants of the tribe Camponotini, with the full pathogenesis being characterized by alteration of the behavioral patterns of the infected ant. Infected hosts leave their canopy nests and foraging trails for the forest floor, an area with a temperature and humidity suitable for fungal growth; they then use their mandibles to attach themselves to a major vein on the underside of a leaf, where the host remains after its eventual death. The process leading to mortality takes 4–10 days, and includes a reproductive stage where fruiting bodies grow from the ant's head, rupturing to release the fungus's spores. ''O. unilateralis'' is, in turn, also susceptible to fungal infection itself, an occurrence that can limit its impact on ...
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Ophiocordyceps Acicularis
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Barnesii
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Australis
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Aurantia
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Asyuënsis
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Armeniaca
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Arbuscula
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', ''Hymenostilbe'', '' Isaria'', ''Paraisaria'', and ''Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently no s ...
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Ophiocordyceps Araracuarensis
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Arachneicola
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Appendiculata
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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Ophiocordyceps Aphodii
''Ophiocordyceps'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects. Anamorphic genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''Hirsutella'', '' Hymenostilbe'', ''Isaria'', '' Paraisaria'', and '' Syngliocladium''. One species complex, ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'', is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores. A 48-million-year-old fossil of an ant in the death-grip of ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' was discovered in Germany. Sources and uses ''Ophiocordyceps sinensis'' is a species used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation, protect the kidneys, and promote cardiovascular heath . However, there is currently n ...
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