Biology:Isaria

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Isaria
FourIsariasinclairii.jpg
Isaria sinclairii showing the fruiting bodies and parasitised cicada nymphs
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Cordycipitaceae
Genus: Isaria
Persoon in Roemer, 1794

Isaria is a genus of fungi mostly in the order Hypocreales and family Clavicipitaceae, or by some authorities the Cordycipitaceae.[1] It includes a large number of entomopathogenic species, some of them exploited as biopesticides (e.g. I. fumosorosea): often previously assigned to the genus Paecilomyces.

The teleomorph of this genus appears to be Ophiocordyceps.[2]

Moth infected with Isaria farinosa.

Species

The Encyclopaedia of Life lists the following species:[3]


Species formerly described in Isaria

References


Wikidata ☰ Q5921032 entry