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Reassessment of type specimens of Cordyceps and its allies described by Dr. Yosio Kobayasi, preserved in the National Museum of Nature and Science. Part 2: Cordyceps (Elaphocordyceps) on Elaphomyces

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Four holotype specimens of Cordyceps parasitic on Elaphomyces that were originally described by Dr. Yosio Kobayasi and Mr. Daisuke Shimizu were relocated, and TNS (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan) registration numbers (TNS-F-number) were assigned: viz. Cordyceps minazukiensis (TNS-F-197989), C. ophioglossoides var. cuboides (TNS-F-230312), C. valvatistipitata (TNS-F-230284), and Cordyceps × jezoensoides (TNS-F-230286). Two specimens were selected as lectotypes: C. delicatistipitata (TNS-F-230293) and C. ophioglossoides f. alba (TNS-F-18223). Those taxa, except for Cordyceps × jezoensoides, have been treated as members of the genus Elaphocordyceps in the latest taxonomy. The new combination Elaphocordyceps × jezoënsoides (Kobayasi) is proposed. In addition, Elaphomyces asahimontanus Kobayasi, the host of Cordyceps delicatistipitata, is lectotypified (TNS-F-230293).

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We deeply appreciate Dr. Joseph Spatafora for reviewing this work and giving us invaluable comments.

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  1. Kyushu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kurokami 4-11-16, Kumamoto, 860-0862, Japan

    Hiroki Sato

  2. NITE Biological Resource Center, Kazusakamatari 2-5-8, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan

    Sayaka Ban

  3. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

    Hayato Masuya

  4. National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0005, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Hosoya

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Sato, H., Ban, S., Masuya, H. et al. Reassessment of type specimens of Cordyceps and its allies described by Dr. Yosio Kobayasi, preserved in the National Museum of Nature and Science. Part 2: Cordyceps (Elaphocordyceps) on Elaphomyces . Mycoscience 51, 387–390 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-010-0047-6

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