"Cordyceps" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of ascomycetous fungi (ASCOMYCOTA), family Clavicipitaceae, order HYPOCREALES, that grows by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores that germinate often before the cocoon is formed.
| Descriptor ID |
D032661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.107.501.220
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