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Notes on Cordyceps species Collected from the Central Region of Nepal

  • Shrestha, Bhushan (Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Department of Applied Biology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Sung, Jae-Mo (Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Department of Applied Biology, Kangwon National University)
  • Published : 2005.12.31
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Abstract

The present study was carried out to explore the Cordyceps species and other entomopathogenic fungal flora around Kathmandu Valley and a few high altitude locations of Nepal. In this paper, we report eight Cordyceps species as new to Nepal: C. gracilis, C. ishikariensis, C. liangshanensis, C. martialis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa, C. sphecocephala and C. tricentri. We also mention a few allied genera such as Beauveria, Hirsutella and Paecilomyces from Nepal. Further collections from different ecological regions of Nepal will show the richness of entomopathogenic fungal floral diversity of Nepal.

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