Sphaerocordyceps Kobayasi, Bull. natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 7(1): 2 (1981)

MycoBank number: MB 5093; Index Fungorum number: IF 5093; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13111; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020).

Type species – Sphaerocordyceps palustris (Berk. & Broome) Kobayasi

Notes – This genus was segregated from Cordyceps. There is no known asexual morph. The genus infects insects and is characterised by brownish-purple or flesh-colour, stipitate stromata, and globose perithecia (Kobayashi 1981).

Species

  • Sphaerocordyceps palustris