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Lecanicillium
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Lecanicillium

Lecanicillium is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Cordycipitaceae; 21 species are currently described. Some of these entomopathogenic fungus species were previously widely known as Verticillium lecanii (Zimmerman) Viegas. This genus was first named and introduced by Rasoul Zare (IRIPP) and Walter Gams (CBS).

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lecanicillium sp. 'IN01'

speciesLecanicillium sp. 'IN01'

Lecanicillium sp. 'FL01'

speciesLecanicillium sp. 'FL01'

Lecanicillium sp. 'PR01'

speciesLecanicillium sp. 'PR01'

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1632201.