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1 species · 1 public strain
Hypocrealean ascomycetes that parasitize insects, other fungi or truffles. The genus now includes the Elaphomyces-parasitic species formerly placed in Cordyceps and Elaphocordyceps, moved here in 2014. T. inflatum is the source of the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine.
Teleomorphs: club-shaped to capitate stromata with embedded perithecia, often joined to a buried Elaphomyces host by yellow mycelial threads. Ascospores: long and septate, breaking into part-spores.
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