taxonID	type	description	language	source
B28DB3A40AA15E2A863CCFF6B8D50000.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
B28DB3A40AA15E2A863CCFF6B8D50000.taxon	description	Description. Parasitic on moth (Lepidoptera). Sexual morph. See Pu et al. (2025). Asexual morph. Synnemata arising from the moth body, white, erect, simple, subuliform (2 × 2.7 mm) or subglobose (0.2 × 0.5 mm). Hyphae smooth, septate, hyaline, 1.4 – 2.5 μm (x ̄ = 1.8 µm, n = 30) in diam. Conidiophores developing from superficial hyphae of synnemata, micronematous, branched, smooth-walled, bearing solitary to clusters of phialides. Phialides 6 – 29.6 × 1.6 – 3.2 µm (x ̄ = 19 × 2.7 µm, n = 30), monophialidic, trimorphic, arising from anastomosing mycelia, slender filiform in shape (Fig. 3 G), or arising from conidiophores, cylindrical (Fig. 3 E, H, I) or subuliform (Fig. 3 F) at basal portion, tapering into a thin neck. Conidia 3.2 – 4.7 × 1.8 – 2.8 µm (x ̄ = 3.9 × 2.2 µm, n = 50), forming on tip of phialides, hyaline, smooth-walled, fusiform, globose or broadly ovoid, gathering in chains.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
D5B197EF6B67500986DD63F04AF46381.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
D5B197EF6B67500986DD63F04AF46381.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to the location of the type specimen, Sandu County of Guizhou Province, China.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
D5B197EF6B67500986DD63F04AF46381.taxon	description	Description. Parasitic on adult Lepidoptera. Sexual morph. Undetermined. Asexual morph. Colonies on natural specimen white, sparse, only covering the abdomen of host. Conidiophores micronematous, cylindrical, erect or procumbent, sparsely branched, smooth, hyaline, septate, ca. 1.3 – 2.8 μm (x ̄ = 2 µm, n = 30) in width, from the middle part to the distal end densely covered by numerous minute, dentiform pegs, 0.7 – 1.8 × 0.5 – 0.8 µm (x ̄ = 1 × 0.7 µm, n = 25). Conidia obovoid, globose, smooth-walled, 2.7 – 4.8 × 1.4 – 2.5 µm (x ̄ = 3.7 × 2 µm, n = 30), arranged in short chains.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
D5B197EF6B67500986DD63F04AF46381.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. colonies on PDA reaching a diameter of 42 mm in three weeks at room temperature, white, circular, velvety, flat, edge entire, surface wrinkled, with radially striate, mycelia dense at centre, becoming loose outward, reverse cream-yellow.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
5E4D7BB2219E5087A878FCC83306D325.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
5E4D7BB2219E5087A878FCC83306D325.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Referring to the pale stromata arising from the host, which is different from other species in Samsoniella.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
5E4D7BB2219E5087A878FCC83306D325.taxon	description	Description. Parasitic on cocoon of Lepidoptera. Sexual morph. Stromata 6.4 – 8.6 mm long, pale orange, cylindrical, unbranched or branched at base, arising from the head and end of the insect cocoon. Stipe cylindrical, pale orange, 0.4 – 0.8 mm wide. Fertile part clavate, pale orange, 2.5 – 3.1 × 0.6 – 1 mm, often with sterile tip (0.5 – 1.2 mm). The lateral sides had a longitudinal ditch without perithecia. Perithecia superficial, crowded, broadly ovoid, 205 – 455 × 144 – 274 µm (x ̄ = 319 × 198 µm, n = 15). Asci hyaline, cylindrical, 128 – 219 × 1.4 – 3.6 µm (x ̄ = 170 × 2.6 µm, n = 20). Ascus caps hemispherical, hyaline, 1.2 – 1.8 × 1.6 – 3 μm (x ̄ = 1.5 × 2.5 μm, n = 20). Ascospores filiform, hyaline, aseptate, 86 – 175 × 0.4 – 1 μm (x ̄ = 132 × 0.7 μm, n = 15) wide, do not disarticulate into part-spores. Asexual morph. Synnemata arising from the middle of the host, erect, single, 1.2 × 0.2 – 0.35 mm, producing a mass of floccose conidia at the apex. Hyphae smooth-walled, hyaline, septate, 1.5 – 3.6 µm (x ̄ = 2.5 µm, n = 30) wide. Conidiophores smooth-walled, cylindrical, verticillate, 2.3 – 9.1 × 1.9 – 2.9 µm (x ̄ = 4.9 × 2.3 µm, n = 15). Phialides verticillate, in whorls of two to five, lageniform, 4.2 – 7.3 µm (x ̄ = 5.7 µm, n = 30) long, basal portion cylindrical, tapering abruptly toward the apex, from 1.7 – 2.5 µm (x ̄ = 2.1 µm, n = 30) wide (base) to 0.5 – 0.9 µm (x ̄ = 0.7 µm, n = 30) wide (apex). Conidia smooth-walled, hyaline, fusiform, 1.9 – 2.7 × 1.1 – 1.9 µm (x ̄ = 2.3 × 1.4 µm, n = 30).	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
183F34B4F8B152AB8A218B76D94EEE1A.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
183F34B4F8B152AB8A218B76D94EEE1A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Referring to the morphology similar to Samsoniella asiatica.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
183F34B4F8B152AB8A218B76D94EEE1A.taxon	description	Description. Parasitic on pupa of Lepidoptera. Sexual morph. Undetermined. Asexual morph. Synnema arising from middle part of pupa, solitary, erect, flexuous, unbranched, 2.8 × 0.2 mm. Stipe cylindrical, pale orange. Hyphae smooth-walled, septate, hyaline 1.3 – 2.8 µm (x ̄ = 2.0 µm, n = 50). Conidiophores grouped together at the apex of synnema and the head of pupa, verticillate 3.6 – 7.4 × 2 – 3 µm (x ̄ = 5.2 × 2.4 µm, n = 20). Phialides lageniform, usually in whorls of two to five, 4.2 – 6.8 µm (x ̄ = 5.6 µm, n = 50) long, globose at basal portion, tapering gradually toward the apex, from 1.8 – 2.4 µm (x ̄ = 2.1 µm, n = 50) wide (base) to 0.6 – 1 µm (x ̄ = 0.8 µm, n = 50) wide (apex). Conidia single, smooth-walled, hyaline, fusiform to oval, 1.9 – 2.9 × 1.4 – 1.8 μm (x ̄ = 2.4 × 1.6 µm, n = 50).	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
183F34B4F8B152AB8A218B76D94EEE1A.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. Colonies on PDA reaching a diameter of 27 – 29 mm in two weeks at room temperature, white, circular, velvety, mycelia dense, becoming loose in the outmost ring, reverse brightly yellow.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
BC17707F40055A0EB464CD6462B8A70E.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
BC17707F40055A0EB464CD6462B8A70E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From the Latin “ torqu ”, referring to the stipe of stroma, is torsional rather than cylindrical.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
BC17707F40055A0EB464CD6462B8A70E.taxon	description	Description. Parasitic on ant (Hymenopteran). Sexual morph. Stroma arising from head of ant, orange, single, simple, 4.4 × 0.1 – 0.3 mm. Stipe fleshy, torsional, reddish-orange, up to 2.7 mm long. Fertile part cylindrical, becoming acuate toward the end, reddish-orange, 1.7 × 0.4 mm. Perithecia lageniform, superficial, 255 – 368 × 163 – 244 µm (x ̄ = 288 × 190 µm, n = 5), growing on one side of fertile part. Asci cylindrical, hyaline, 8 - spored, 114 – 173 × 1.6 – 3.3 µm (x ̄ = 135 × 2.4 µm, n = 20), with hemispherical cap, 1.7 – 2.5 × 1.1 – 1.8 µm (x ̄ = 2.2 × 1.4 µm, n = 20). Ascospores filiform, aseptate, hyaline, 86 – 125 × 0.3 – 0.6 μm (x ̄ = 98.6 × 0.5 µm, n = 15), non-disarticulating. Asexual morph. produced on the cultures, hyphomycetous. Hyphae smooth, septate, hyaline, 1.2 – 2.0 μm (x ̄ = 1.6 µm, n = 30) in diam. Conidiophores smooth-walled, cylindrical or elongated ellipsoid, verticillate with phialides in whorls of two to five or singly along the hyphae, 4.4 – 18.4 × 1.7 – 3.9 µm (x ̄ = 8.4 × 2.7 µm, n = 30). Phialides lageniform, 6.1 – 10.7 µm (x ̄ = 8.0 µm, n = 30) long, basal portion inflated, 1.8 – 3.5 µm (x ̄ = 2.6 µm, n = 30) wide, tapering abruptly into a thin neck, 0.7 – 1.4 µm (x ̄ = 0.9 µm, n = 30) wide. Conidia subglobose, hyaline, 1.8 – 2.8 µm (x ̄ = 2.3 µm, n = 50) in diam.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
BC17707F40055A0EB464CD6462B8A70E.taxon	description	Culture characteristics. colonies on PDA reaching 40 mm in 14 days at room temperature, circular, flat, edge entire, mycelia dense, cottony, creamy yellow at centre, becoming white outward, with concentric rings, sporulation, reverse creamy yellow, with radially striate.	en	Bu, Jing, Wei, De-Ping, Liu, Zheng-Hui, Yang, Yang, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Kang, Ji-Chuan, Peng, Xing-Can, Xie, Shi-Wen, Zhang, He-Gui, He, Zhang-Jiang, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Hyde, Kevin D., Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal four novel species in Cordycipitaceae in China. MycoKeys 116: 91-124, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.116.147006
