Sungia yongmunensis (G.H. Sung et al.) Luangsa-ard, Thanakitpipattana & Samson, comb. nov.
MycoBank number: MB 834910; Index Fungorum number: IF 834910; Facesoffungi number: FoF14498
Basionym: Metacordyceps yongmunensis G.H. Sung et al., Stud. Mycol. 57: 27. 2007.
Synonym: Metarhizium yongmunense (G.H. Sung et al.) Kepler et al., Mycologia 106: 824. 2014.
Description and illustration: See Sung et al. (2007, 2010).
Habitat: Lepidoptera pupa.
Known distribution: South Korea.
Notes: This species was originally erected in Metacordyceps and transferred to Metarhizium but our multi-gene phylogenetic analyses have shown that it belonged to one of the least supported clades subtending the Metarhizium clade and is therefore transferred to a new genus Sungia. Sungia yongmunensis is reminiscent of Pochonia chlamydosporia in the shape of perithecia and the pochonia-like asexual morph.
Typus: South Korea, Mt. Yongmun, Gyunggi Province, on Lepidoptera pupa, 13 Jun. 1998, J.M. Sung (holotype EFCC 2131, culture ex-type EFCC 2131).