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Fly Death Fungi
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Fly Death Fungi

Entomophthora muscae

Entomophthora muscae is a species of pathogenic fungus in the order Entomophthorales which causes a fatal disease in flies. It can cause epizootic outbreaks of disease in houseflies and has been investigated as a potential biological control agent.

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Entomophthora muscae

speciesEntomophthora muscae

Entomophthora syrphi

speciesEntomophthora syrphi

Entomophthora scatophagae

speciesEntomophthora scatophagae

Entomophthora schizophorae

speciesEntomophthora schizophorae

Entomophthora grandis

speciesEntomophthora grandis

Entomophthora ferdinandii

speciesEntomophthora ferdinandii

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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 339550.