Ophiocordycipitaceae
Ophiocordyceps nooreniae R.G.Shivas, G.F.Claridge & Y.P.Tan , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. et al. (21 December 2016), Fungal Planet description sheets: 469– 557. Persoonia 37: 259 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Queensland, Vinegar Hill, on dead ant (Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) lydiae det. J.S. Bartlett) on the underside of a leaf of siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum, Fabaceae) in open woodland, 15 Feb. 2012, H. Nooren (holotype BRIP 55363a ...)"
  • Text: identifier: MB 817944
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 485, with authors indicated as “Claridge, G.F., Shivas, R.G., Tan, Y.P., Araújo, J. & Hughes, D.P."
  • Text: DNA sequence: from holotype: KX673810 (LSU), KX673809 (rpb2), KX673811 (SSU), KX673812 (tef1)
  • Etymology: "Named after Hanneke Nooren, who discovered this fungus on dead ants (Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) lydiae and Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) cf. hookeri) attached to leaves of siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum) growing under a budgeroo tree (Lysicarpus angustifolia) in the open woodland garden she shares with Gordon Claridge."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]