Morphology and molecular study of three new Cordycipitoid fungi and its related species collected from Jilin Province, northeast China Author Hu, Jia-Jun School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun City, 130024, Jilin Province, China & Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Zhao, Gui-Ping Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Tuo, Yong-Lan Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Dai, Dan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9642-2480 Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Guo, Di-Zhe Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China & Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinghuangdao City, 066004, Hebei Province, China Author Rao, Gu Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Qi, Zheng-Xiang Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Zhang, Zhen-Hao Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China Author Li, Yu Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China fungi966@126.com Author Zhang, Bo Engineering Research Centre of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun City, 130118, Jilin Province, China zhangbofungi@126.com text MycoKeys 2021 2021-09-27 83 161 180 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.83.72325 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.83.72325 1314-4049-83-161 35998297DB265DD784252428A6B387AC

Table 2. Morphological comparisons of sexual states of Cordyceps changchunensis, Cordyceps changbaiensis and Cordyceps jingyuetanensis.

Species	Host	Stromata	Fertile part	Perithecia	Asci	Ascospores	Reference
Beauveria bassiana	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Single or several, unbranched, slender and cylindrical, brownish- yellow to yellowish	18.7-33. 3 x 2.8-8.0 mm	Elliptical, 610-720 x 230-320 µm, immersed to surface	Cylindrical, 230-590 x 3.5-4.0 µm with ascus cap 3.6-4.0 µm in diameter	Filamentous, 300-570 x 1.0 µm, not broken into part-spores	(Li et al. 2001)
Blackwellomyces pseudomilitaris	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Single or cluster, simple or branched, cylindrical, white to white-orange	15-30 x 0.9-3 mm	Elongate-ellipsoid or elongate-ovoid, 290-570 x 120-245 µm, superficial	Filiform, 290-410 x 5-6 µm	Filiform, 280-390 x 1 µm, not broken into part-spores	(Hywel-Jones 1994)
Cordyceps bifusispora	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Simple, cylindrical clavate, whitish	6 x 1.3 mm	Pyriform, with protruding apices, yellowish, 300 x 150-170 µm, immersed	Cylindrical, 200-220 x 3-4.5 µm	Bifusiform, 145-220 µm in length, central part filiform about 0.4 µm wide, terminal parts narrowly fusiform, about 30 x 1.6 µm and 3 septate	(Eriksson 1982)
C. kyushuensis	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Cluster, cylindrical, Light yellow to orange red	20-30 x 5-8 mm	Elliptical, 300-500 x 200-300 µm, half-buried	Cylindrical, 3-4.5 µm wide	Short cylindrical, part-spores 5-7 x 0.7-1 µm	(Guo and Li 2000; Li et al. 2015)
C. militaris	Lepidopteran pupae	Single or several, clavate, orange	10-20 x 3-5 mm	Conical, half-buried	Clavate, 300-400 x 4-5 µm	Filiform, part spores 2-3 x 1 µm	(Li et al. 2015)
C. ningxiaensis	Fly pupae (Diptera)	One to two in a group, clavate, orange	1.2-3 x 1.2-2.8 mm	Ellipsoid to ovoid, 288-400 x 103-240 μm, with a wall about 10 μm thick, loosely embedded at right angles to the surface	Cylindrical, 168-205 x (3.7-)4.1-5.5(-6.6) μm, with oblate spheroid or hemispherical refractive cap 3.4-3.8 x 2.9-3.4 μm at apex	Filiform, irregularly multiseptate, part-spores 3.6-7.8 x 1.0-1.4 μm	(Yan and Bau 2015)
C. polyarthra	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Cespitose, narrowly clavate, light yellow to reddish-brown		Ovoid, 250-450 x 125-250 μm, brown, with a definite wall 25 μm thick, embedded at right angles to the surface	Cylindrical, 150-260 x 3-4 μm, with a 1.5-2 μm thick cap	Filiform, part-spores 4-6 x 0.75-1 μm	(Mains 1958)
C. pruinosa	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Solitary or several, clavate, orange to red	2-8 x 1-3 mm	Ovoid to fusiform, 360-400 x 130-200 μm, crowded, red, ordinal in orientation, immersed	Cylindrical, 100-200 x 2.5-4 μm	Filiform, part-spores 4-6 x 1 μm	(Li et al. 2015)
C. qingchengensis	Lepidopteran pupae	Branched, yellow	7-9 x 2.0-2.5 mm	Ovoid but apex sharply pointed, 335-490 x 145-240 μm, partially immersed at right angle to the surface	Cylindrical, 180-200 x 2.4-4.0 μm wide, caps hemispherical, 1.8-2.2 x 2.5-3.2 μm	Filiform, 180-220 x 0.45-0.65 μm, not at all bifusiform and not broken into part-spores	(Zha et al. 2019)
C. roseostromata	Larva, not specified	Single or branched	1.2-5 x 1.5-2.2 mm	Pyriform, 280-300 x 140-160 μm, Superficial	3-3.5 x 2.5-3 μm	4-5 x 1 μm	(Kobayasi 1983)
C. changchunensis	Lepidopteran pupae	Single or multiple, clavate, orange	2.0-3.5 x 0.4-0.6 mm	Globose to ovoid, 180-600 x 180-520 μm, with a thick wall about 10-15 μm, partially immersed at right angles to the surface	Cylindrical, 80-300 x 2.5-5 μm, caps hemispheric, 3.0-4.0 x 2.0-3.0 μm at apex	Oblong, 2.6-6 x 1.0-1.4 μm	This study
C. changbaiensis	Larvae of Lepidoptera	Single or multiple, clavate, white to orange	0.6-1.5 x 0.2-0.6 mm	Globose to ovoid, 120-230 x 90-170 μm, with a thick wall about 15 μm, immersed to surface	Cylindrical, 225-625 x 4-5 μm, caps hemispherical, 3.0-4.0 x 2.2-3.2 μm at apex	Oblong, 3.0-7.0 x 1.0-1.4 μm	This study
C. jingyuetanensis	Lepidopteran pupae	Single or multiple, clavate, orange to light red	0.8-1.3 x 0.1-0.2 mm	Almond-shaped to ovoid, 220-340 x 110-220 μm, with a thick wall about 15-20 μm, immersed to surface	Cylindrical, 225-475 x 3-5 μm, caps hemispherical to irregular, 3.0-4.0 x 1.4-2.8 μm at apex	Oblong, 2.8-5.0 x 1.0-1.4 μm	This study