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Metarhizium
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Metarhizium

Metarhizium is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the Clavicipitaceae family. With the advent of genetic profiling, it has now become possible to place these fungi in proper taxa. Most turn out to be the asexual forms (anamorphs) of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota: including Metacordyceps spp.

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Metarhizium rileyi

speciesMetarhizium rileyi

Metarhizium anisopliae

speciesMetarhizium anisopliae

waxcap facepainter

speciesMetarhizium marquandii

Metarhizium cylindrosporum

speciesMetarhizium cylindrosporum

Metarhizium atrovirens

speciesMetarhizium atrovirens

Metarhizium phasmatodeae

speciesMetarhizium phasmatodeae

Metarhizium blattodeae

speciesMetarhizium blattodeae

Metarhizium multisynnematum

speciesMetarhizium multisynnematum

Metarhizium viridulum

speciesMetarhizium viridulum

Metarhizium acridum

speciesMetarhizium acridum

Metarhizium pemphigi

speciesMetarhizium pemphigi

Metarhizium gaoligongense

speciesMetarhizium gaoligongense

Metarhizium sp. 'BC01'

speciesMetarhizium sp. 'BC01'

Metarhizium novozealandicum

speciesMetarhizium novozealandicum

Metarhizium kalasinense

speciesMetarhizium kalasinense

Metarhizium puerense

speciesMetarhizium puerense

Metarhizium indigoticum

speciesMetarhizium indigoticum

Metarhizium macrosemiae

speciesMetarhizium macrosemiae

Metacordyceps taii

speciesMetacordyceps taii

Metacordyceps liangshanensis

speciesMetacordyceps liangshanensis

Metarhizium sp. 'TN01'

speciesMetarhizium sp. 'TN01'

Metarhizium robertsii

speciesMetarhizium robertsii

Metarhizium sp. 'PE01'

speciesMetarhizium sp. 'PE01'

Metarhizium flavoviride

speciesMetarhizium flavoviride

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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 328137.