Notes on Cordyceps species Collected from the Central Region of Nepal.
- Author:
Bhushan SHRESTHA
1
;
Jae Mo SUNG
Author Information
1. Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Department of Applied Biology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. jmsung@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Cordyceps;
Entomopathogenic fungi;
Kathmandu valley;
Langtang area;
Manang village
- MeSH:
Altitude;
Beauveria;
Cordyceps*;
Nepal*;
Paecilomyces
- From:Mycobiology
2005;33(4):235-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The present study was carried out to explore the Cordyceps species and other entomopathogenic fungal flora around Kathmandu Valley and a few high altitude locations of Nepal. In this paper, we report eight Cordyceps species as new to Nepal: C. gracilis, C. ishikariensis, C. liangshanensis, C. martialis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa, C. sphecocephala and C. tricentri. We also mention a few allied genera such as Beauveria, Hirsutella and Paecilomyces from Nepal. Further collections from different ecological regions of Nepal will show the richness of entomopathogenic fungal floral diversity of Nepal.
