Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Fungi Whittaker - fungi |
| divisio | Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. - sac fungi |
| subphylum | Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka |
| class | Sordariomycetes |
| subclass | Hypocreomycetidae |
| order | Hypocreales |
| family | Ophiocordycipitaceae |
| genus | Elaphocordyceps G.H. Sung & Spatafora, 2007 |
| species | Elaphocordyceps virens (Kobayasi) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora |