Metacordyceps yongmunensis G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora의 모양은

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Metacordyceps yongmunensis G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora는 용문산에서 처음으로 채집한 동충하초로 번데기에서 한국명은 번데기흰고무동충하초로 이름을 부치었다. Studies in Mycology 57 (2007)에는 다음과 같이 쓰여졌다. 
Figs 5B, 5F-K, 11A-G. Anamorph: Pochonia-like.
Stromata nonnulla vel raro singula, clavata, simplicia vel saepius ramosa, in chrysalidibus

Lepidopterarum. Pars fertilis alba vel dilute lutea, a stipite haud distincta. Perithecia sparsa vel dense aggregata, partim immersa, brunneo-lutea, dilute brunnea vel aurantiobrunnea, oblique inserta, fusiformia vel clavata, 550–800 × 450–500 μm. Asci 8-spori, hyalini, cylindrici, 205–360 × 5–7 μm, apice
conspicue inspissato. Ascosporae filiformes, hyalinae, inconspicue multiseptatae, haud fragmentatae, 180–345 × 1 μm. Anamorphe Pochoniae similis. Stromata several or rarely solitary, clavate, simple or
more usually branched, on pupa of Lepidoptera. Fertile area white to pale yellow, not differentiated from stipe. Perithecia scattered or crowded, loosely immersed, brownish yellow, pale brown to orangish brown, oblique in arrangement, fusiform to clavate, 550–800 × 450–500 μm. Asci 8-spored, hyaline, cylindrical, 205–360 × 5–7 μm, possessing a prominent apical cap.Ascospores filiform, hyaline, multiseptate with indistinct septation, not fragmenting into part-spores, 180–345
× 1 μm. Conidiophores erect, produced in prostrate aerial hyphae. Phialides hyaline, solitary, awl-shaped, 20–28 × 2–2.2 μm. Conidia hyaline, elliptical to oblong, in slimy heads, 2–3.5 × 1.5–2.4 μm. Chlamydospores present.

Etymology: Yongmunensis in reference to the known locality of the first record of the species being Mt. Yongmun, Republic of Korea