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Animal / parasitoid
solitary (usually) stroma of Cordyceps sphecocephala is parasitoid of Hymenoptera
Comprehensive Description
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Cordyceps sphecocephala (Klotzsch) Massee,
Ann. Bot. 9: 13. 1895.
Sphaeria sphecocephala Klotzsch ; Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2 : 206. 1843.
Torrubia sphecocephala Tul. Fung. Carp. 3 : 18. 1865.
Cordyceps sphecophila Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. I,inn. Soc. 10 : 376. 1868.
Stromata 2-5 cm. high, consisting of a slender, sterile stem and fertile head ; stem pale-yellow, fibrous, often slightly twisted, 0.5-1 mm. in thickness ; head enlarged, clavate, 5-8 mm. in length and 1.5-2 mm. in thickness, roughened by the slightly protruding necks of the perithecia ; perithecia immersed, scattered, prominent ; asci very long, cylindric ; spores nearly as long as the ascus, breaking into fusoid segments 9-10 ^ long.
Springing from the bodies of wasps.
Type locality : Jamaica.
Distribution : West Indies.
- bibliographic citation
- Fred Jay Seaver, Helen Letitia Palliser, David Griffiths. 1910. HYPOCREALES, FIMETARIALES. North American flora. vol 3(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
