Table 2 in Multigene phylogeny and morphology reveal Ophiocordyceps hydrangea sp. nov. and Ophiocordyceps bidoupensis sp. nov. (Ophiocordycipitaceae)

Table 2. Morphological comparisons of two new species and related species.
SpeciesHoststromataPeritheciaAsciAscosporesConidiogenous cellsConidiaReferencesO. bidoupensisLarva of Elateridae (Coleoptera)Solitary, solid, cylindrical, yellow, 11.8-22.5 cm long.Immersed, pyriform to lanceolate, brown-yellow, 213.4-405.9 × 74.8-192.4 μm.Hyaline, slender, 116.1-192.7 × 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 × 0.42-5.13 μm.Oval or briolette, hyaline, smooth-walled, 2.24-3.61 × 1.49-2.70 μm.This studyO. brunneipunctataLarva of Elateridae (Coleoptera)Solitary, rarely up to 3, simple, 25-90 mm high.Immersed, perithecioid, brown, ovate to pyriform, brown-walled, 270-335 × 110-160 μm.Hyaline, cylindric, capitate, 8-spored, 280-295 × 6-7 μm.Hyaline, filiform, multiseptate breaking into 64 part spores, 4-6 × 1-1.5 μm.Monophialidic, rarely polyphialidic, hyaline, smooth, 5.5-7.5 × 2.5-3.0 μm at the base, up to 15 × 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. 2008O. cossidarumLarva of Cossidae (Lepidoptera)Solitary, simple, 40-70 mm high.Immersed, red, ovate to phialide, red-walled, 355-454 × 136-171 μm.Hyaline, cylindrical, 8-spored with a thickened apex, 174-221 × 5.7-7 μm.Hyaline, fifiliform, multiseptate,131-153 × 1.8-2.2 μm, breaking into 32 part-spores.--Hyde et al. 2017O. furcatosubulataLarva 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 × 87.0-159.2 µm.Hyaline, cylindrical, 138.8-202.5 × 4.3-6.0 μm.Hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, finally breaking into secondary ascospores, 3.7-5.3 × 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 × 0.9-1.7 μm.Solitary, aseptate, smooth-walled, broadly ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 × 1.2-1.9 μm.Wang et al. 2021aO. houaynhangensisLarva of ColeopteraSolitary, cylindrical, cream, up to 11 cm long and 1.5-2.5 mm in width.Completely immersed, obclavate, 300-450 × 80-170 µm.Cylindrical, 100-250 × 4-7.5 µm.Hyaline, cylindrical, breaking into 32 small truncate part-spores, 4-7 × 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. 2018O. langbianensisLarva of ColeopteraSolitary, rarely branched, 40-100 mm long.Immersed, ovate or pyriform, 260-400 × 100-190 µm.Cylindrical, with thickened cap, 200-250 × 5.0-6.0 μm.Fliform, multiseptate, articulated in long-chain afer discharging, sometimes breaking into 1-celled part spores, 5-7.5 × 1.3-2 µm.Divergent.Chains, elliptical.Lao et al. 2021O. soboliferaCicada 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 × 220-260 μm, with somewhat long neck, ostiola somewhat prominent, walls hyaline 8-16 μm thick.Cylindric, 400-470 × 5.6-6.3 μm.Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, truncate at both ends, 6-12 × 1.0-1.3 μm.-Terminal or lateral, ellpsoid or fusiformed, hyaline, 6.5-10.5 × 2.5-4.0 μm.Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963O. yakusimensisCicada nymph (Cicadidae, Hemiptera)Very long attaining 14 cm, arising from the apical part between eyes.Wholly embeddèd, narrow ovoid or almost naviculate, 740-800 × 170-230 μm, without protruding ostiola, neck almost destitute, wall 21-23 μm thick, composed of very thin cells.270-310 × 5 μm.Finally breaking into secondary ascospores, long cylindrical, somewhat attenuated on both sides, terminally truncate, 10-15 × 1 μm.--Kobayasi and Shimizu 1963Ophiocordyceps longissimaCicada nymph (Cicadidae, Homoptera)5-20 cm long, some times much longer.Ovoid to long ovoid, with a short neck, 440-590 × 130-300 µm.190-350 × 5-6 µm.---Sung et al. 2011O. khonkaenensisCicada nymph (Hemiptera)Variable in number, solitary to three, 20-30 mm long and 2-3 mm in breath.Immersed, flask shaped, 590-700 × 200-300 µm.Cylindrical, 237.5-337.5 × 5-6 µm.Filiform, 300-360 × 1-1.5 µm readily breaking into 32 part-spores, 7-13 × 1-1.5 µm.Phialidic, hirsutella-like, 5.5-11 × 2-3 µm.Hyaline, fusiform, smoothwalled, 3-5.5 × 1-3 µm.Crous et al. 2019O. hydrangeaCicada 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 × 3.3-4.5 µm.This study