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Fungi: Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae: Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokīn

Metarhizium anisopliae – green muscardine disease

Synonyms: Entomophthora anisopliae, Isaria anisopliae, Metarhizium album, Metarhizium guizhouense, Metarhizium pinghaense, Metarhizium velutinum, Penicillium anisopliae.

Common name: green muscardine disease.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Metarhizium anisopliae, formerly known as Entomophthora anisopliae (basionym), is a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and causes disease in various insects by acting as a parasitoid. Ilya I. Mechnikov named it after the insect species from which it was originally isolated – the beetle Anisoplia austriaca. It is a mitosporic fungus with asexual reproduction, which was formerly classified in the form class Hyphomycetes of the phylum Deuteromycota (also often called Fungi Imperfecti). According to Paul Stamets, it could be the answer to prevent colony collapse disorder and catastrophic famine.

Chinese: 黑殭菌.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Dead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus <B>Metarhizium anisopliae</B>(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2019-06-08.htm">June 8, 2019</A>
LinkDead bess beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) with green muscardine disease caused by mold like parasitic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae(?) collected during a mushroom walk on a property at 5369 Farm to Market Road 770 near Kountze. Texas, June 8, 2019
Location on maps5369 Farm to Market Rd 770, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

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