Family: Clavicipitaceae
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Fungi :> Ascomycota :> Ascomycetes :> Sordariomycetidae :> Hypocreales :> Clavicipitaceae :> Cordyceps, Neobarya, Podocrella.
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Members of the Clavicipitaceae family grow by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores. These germinate and grow to slowly consume the insect till it dies. At which time they then produces spore bearing structures. Cordyceps are sexual state of the fungus, where Paecilomyces are the asexual form. 
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Genus: Cordyceps
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Beauveria bassiana
Cordyceps bassiana		Cordyceps robertsii
Cordyceps robertsii		Cordyceps tuberculata
Cordyceps tuberculata		Cordyceps sp.
Cordyceps sp.		  
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Genus: Neobarya
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Cordyceps sp.Neobarya agaricola        
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Genus: Podocrella
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Cordyceps sp.Podocrella species        
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Fungi :> Ascomycota :> Hyphomycete :> Akanthomyces, Gibellula, Isaria.
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Below are a group of fungi that don't fit in well within my website and have nothing to do with the clavicipitaceae family. 
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Genus: Akanthomyces
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Akanthomyces aranearum
Akanthomyces aranearum		    
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Genus: Gibellula
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Gibellula pulchra
Gibellula pulchra		    
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Genus: Isaria
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Isaria sinclairii
Isaria sinclairii		    
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