| O. bidoupensis | Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) | Solitary, solid, cylindrical, yellow, 11.8-22.5 cm long. | Immersed, pyriform to lanceolate, brown-yellow, 213.4-405.9 x 74.8-192.4 μm. | Hyaline, slender, 116.1-192.7 x 4.8-7.5 μm. | Hyaline, filiform, multi-septate. | Cone, hyaline, septate, smooth-walled, forming on hyphae, with a hypertrophic base, tapering abruptly into a thin neck, smooth-walled, 13.8-46.4 x 0.42-5.13 μm. | Oval or briolette, hyaline, smooth-walled, 2.24-3.61 x 1.49-2.70 μm. | This study |
| O. brunneipunctata | Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) | Solitary, rarely up to 3, simple, 25-90 mm high. | Immersed, perithecioid, brown, ovate to pyriform, brown-walled, 270-335 x 110-160 μm. | Hyaline, cylindric, capitate, 8-spored, 280-295 x 6-7 μm. | Hyaline, filiform, multiseptate breaking into 64 part spores, 4-6 x 1-1.5 μm. | Monophialidic, rarely polyphialidic, hyaline, smooth, 5.5-7.5 x 2.5-3.0 μm at the base, up to 15 x 0.5 μm above. | Hyaline, aseptate, smooth, spherical 1.5-2.5 μm diam., enveloped by a mucous sheath. | Hywel-Jones 1995b; Luangsa-ard et al. 2008 |
| O. cossidarum | Larva of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) | Solitary, simple, 40-70 mm high. | Immersed, red, ovate to phialide, red-walled, 355-454 x 136-171 μm. | Hyaline, cylindrical, 8-spored with a thickened apex, 174-221 x 5.7-7 μm. | Hyaline, fifiliform, multiseptate,131-153 x 1.8-2.2 μm, breaking into 32 part-spores. | - | - | Hyde et al. 2017 |
| O. furcatosubulata | Larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera) | Single, solid, yellow to brown, 40-80 mm long, 1.5-2.2 mm wide. | Immersed, long ovoid or pyriform, 289.6-405.8 x 87.0-159.2 µm. | Hyaline, cylindrical, 138.8-202.5 x 4.3-6.0 μm. | Hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, finally breaking into secondary ascospores, 3.7-5.3 x 1.3-2.0 μm. | Polyphialidic, forming on conidiophores or side branches, hyaline, with a slender or subulate base, tapering gradually, smooth-walled or verruculose, 3.5-15.8 x 0.9-1.7 μm. | Solitary, aseptate, smooth-walled, broadly ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 x 1.2-1.9 μm. | Wang et al. 2021a |
| O. houaynhangensis | Larva of Coleoptera | Solitary, cylindrical, cream, up to 11 cm long and 1.5-2.5 mm in width. | Completely immersed, obclavate, 300-450 x 80-170 µm. | Cylindrical, 100-250 x 4-7.5 µm. | Hyaline, cylindrical, breaking into 32 small truncate part-spores, 4-7 x 1-2 µm. | Monophialidic, phialides flasked-shaped with long necks, up to 30 µm long and 2-4 µm in breadth; phialide necks up to 18 μm long and 0.5 µm in breadth. | Hyaline, smooth, spherical, 2-3 µm. | Crous et al. 2018 |
| O. langbianensis | Larva of Coleoptera | Solitary, rarely branched, 40-100 mm long. | Immersed, ovate or pyriform, 260-400 x 100-190 µm. | Cylindrical, with thickened cap, 200-250 x 5.0-6.0 μm. | Fliform, multiseptate, articulated in long-chain afer discharging, sometimes breaking into 1-celled part spores, 5-7.5 x 1.3-2 µm. | Divergent. | Chains, elliptical. | Lao et al. 2021 |
| O. sobolifera | Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) | Commonly single, rarely fasciculated by twos or threes, arising from head among polster, clavate or cylindric 2-8 cm long, 2-6 mm thick, become hollow after maturity. | Rectangularly immersed, ampullaceous 500-600 x 220-260 μm, with somewhat long neck, ostiola somewhat prominent, walls hyaline 8-16 μm thick. | Cylindric, 400-470 x 5.6-6.3 μm. | Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, truncate at both ends, 6-12 x 1.0-1.3 μm. | - | Terminal or lateral, ellpsoid or fusiformed, hyaline, 6.5-10.5 x 2.5-4.0 μm. | Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963 |
| O. yakusimensis | Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) | Very long attaining 14 cm, arising from the apical part between eyes. | Wholly embedded, narrow ovoid or almost naviculate, 740-800 x 170-230 μm, without protruding ostiola, neck almost destitute, wall 21-23 μm thick, composed of very thin cells. | 270-310 x 5 μm. | Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, long cylindrical, somewhat attenuated on both sides, terminally truncate, 10-15 x 1 μm. | - | - | Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963 |
| Ophiocordyceps longissima | Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Homoptera) | 5-20 cm long, some times much longer. | Ovoid to long ovoid, with a short neck, 440-590 x 130-300 µm. | 190-350 x 5-6 µm. | - | - | - | Sung et al. 2011 |
| O. khonkaenensis | Cicada nymph (Hemiptera) | Variable in number, solitary to three, 20-30 mm long and 2-3 mm in breath. | Immersed, flask shaped, 590-700 x 200-300 µm. | Cylindrical, 237.5-337.5 x 5-6 µm. | Filiform, 300-360 x 1-1.5 µm readily breaking into 32 part-spores, 7-13 x 1-1.5 µm. | Phialidic, hirsutella-like, 5.5-11 x 2-3 µm. | Hyaline, fusiform, smoothwalled, 3-5.5 x 1-3 µm. | Crous et al. 2019 |
| O. hydrangea | Cicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera) | Solitary, the top of the stroma similar to Ophiocordyceps hydrangea, pale pink,1.6-6.4 cm long. | - | - | - | Solitary or whorled, ampuliform, smooth-walled, forming on conidiophores or colonies, hyaline, with swollen base, and slender top, 10.6-17.6 µm long, 2.9-4.3 µm wide at the swollen base, and 1.1-2.2 µm wide at the slender top. | Hyaline, ovoid or long oval, solitary, 6.8-10.1 x 3.3-4.5 µm. | This study |