Cultural characters and fruiting bodies of Cordyceps tenuipes

Cordyceps tenuipes Peck (1879) is an anamorph of Cordyceps takaomontana Yakush. and Kumar. It possesses secondary metabolites, antioxidants, and antiproliferative activities. It is also used as a biocontrol agent. Present study gives its information with fruiting bodies successfully developed on SDYA and PDA, under about 300 lux light intensity.