Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cordycipitaceae in languages:

Chinese

蟲草菌科

Estonian

kedristõlvikulised

Japanese

ノムシタケ科

Russian

Кордицепсовые

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Parent Taxon

• Hypocreales

Sibling Taxa

• Berkelella
• Bionectriaceae
• Calcarisporiaceae
• Cephalosporiopsis
• Cephalosporium
• Clavicipitaceae
• Cocoonihabitaceae
• Cordycipitaceae
• Emericellopsis
• Flammocladiellaceae
• Hypocreaceae
• Ijuhyaceae
• Illosporiopsis
• Illosporium
• Myriotheciomycetaceae
• Nectriaceae
• Niessliaceae
• Ophiocordycipitaceae
• Pseudomeliola
• Pseudomicrodochium
• Roselliniella
• Sarocladiaceae
• Sarocladium
• Scopinella
• Septomyrothecium
• Sorosporella
• Stachybotryaceae
• Stilbella
• Stromatonectriaceae
• Tilachlidiaceae
• Trichothecium
• Ustilaginoideae
• Xanthonectriaceae

Child Taxa

• Akanthomyces
• Amphichorda
• Ascopolyporus
• Beauveria
• Blackwellomyces
• Cordyceps
• Engyodontium
• Flavocillium
• Gibellula
• Hevansia
• Hyperdermium
• Neohyperdermium
• Niveomyces
• Parengyodontium
• Pseudolecanicillium
• Samsoniella
• Simplicillium
• Torrubiella

Top Observation Places

• New Plymouth
• Wellington