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Beauveria
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Beauveria

Beauveria is a genus of asexually-reproducing fungi allied with the ascomycete family Cordycipitaceae. Its several species are typically insect pathogens. The sexual states (teleomorphs) of Beauveria species, where known, are species of Cordyceps sensu stricto.

Beauveria species are white entomopathogenic fungi. They form unicellular conidia that are typically hydrophobic and very small. The conidia are formed holoblastically from basally inflated conidiogenous cells. After conidium production, the conidiogenous cell elongates before producing another conidium atop a small denticle (a narrow projection bearing a conidium or sporangium). The result is the formation of a distinctive, slender, zig-zag rachis. Colonies of Beauveria species are typically white or off-white on artificial culture media.

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Icing sugar fungus

speciesBeauveria bassiana

Beauveria brongniartii

speciesBeauveria brongniartii

Beauveria locustiphila

speciesBeauveria locustiphila

Beauveria pseudobassiana

speciesBeauveria pseudobassiana

Beauveria diapheromeriphila

speciesBeauveria diapheromeriphila

Beauveria acridophila

speciesBeauveria acridophila

Beauveria malawiensis

speciesBeauveria malawiensis

Beauveria sp. 'caledonica-CA02'

speciesBeauveria sp. 'caledonica-CA02'

Beauveria amorpha

speciesBeauveria amorpha

Beauveria loeiensis

speciesBeauveria loeiensis

Beauveria caledonica

speciesBeauveria caledonica

Beauveria sp. 'OH01'

speciesBeauveria sp. 'OH01'

Beauveria sp. 'MDG01'

speciesBeauveria sp. 'MDG01'

Beauveria sinensis

speciesBeauveria sinensis

Beauveria australis

speciesBeauveria australis

Beauveria lii

speciesBeauveria lii

Beauveria kipukae

speciesBeauveria kipukae

Beauveria hoplocheli

speciesBeauveria hoplocheli

Beauveria kirkii

speciesBeauveria kirkii

Beauveria medogensis

speciesBeauveria medogensis

Beauveria sp. 'ECUA01'

speciesBeauveria sp. 'ECUA01'

Beauveria sp. 'CA01'

speciesBeauveria sp. 'CA01'

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