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Preferred term

Cordyceps  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cordyceps militaris
  • Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Scope note

  • A genus of ascomycetous fungi (ASCOMYCOTA), family Clavicipitaceae, order HYPOCREALES, that grows by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores that germinate often before the cocoon is formed.

History note

  • 2003

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Cordyceps
  • loisikoiden sienisuku
  • loisikoiden suku
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D032661

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