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Taxon: Genus Cordyceps Fr. (1818), nom. cons. (fungus)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  E. Fries, 1818, nom. cons.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Fries, E. 1818. Observ. Mycol. 2: 316 (cancellans); 316 ("Cordylia. Fr.").
Subsequent publication:  Fries, E. 1824. Observ. Mycol. (ed. nova): [2] 316 (cancellans); 316 ("Cordylia. Fr.").
Source for the authorship:  Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (eds.) 2018. Regnum Vegetabile 159: App. III.

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIIA (p. 146) ("Fr., Observ. Mycol. 2(revis.): 316. 1824.").

Types

Type of: Cordycipitaceae (Family) Kreisel ex G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) Ref: N.N. Wijayawardene et al., 2018: 225. [inferred]
Type: Clavaria militaris L. (1753) Ref: Index Fungorum, present: 3 Jan 2014.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Sphaeria subdivF. Cordyceps Fr. (1821) Ref: IMA: 31 Jul 2019.
Synonymous name (objective): Corynesphaera (Genus) Dumort. (1822) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008: 174.
Synonymous name (objective): Xylaria (Genus) Hill ex Grev. (1823), nom. illeg. Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008: 738.
Including: Mitrasphaera (Genus) Dumort. (1822) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008: 431.

States (relationship)

Anamorph: Akanthomyces (Genus) Lebert (1858) Ref: P.M. Kirk et al. (eds.), 2008: 18.
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