Ophiocordyceps formosana – Facesoffungi number: FoF 01796

Ophiocordyceps formosana (Kobayasi & Shimizu) Wang et al. in Wang et al., Evidence: Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (no. 189891): 4 (2015) Parasitic in larva of Coleoptera (Superfamily Tenebrionoidea), forming yellow to orange ascostromata. Sexual morph Ascomycetous. Stromata 14 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, growing from the head and the tail of Coleoptera larva, simple or branched, yellow to orange, stipitate. [...]