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Cicada Fungi
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Cicada Fungi

Massospora

Massospora is a genus of fungi in the Entomophthoraceae family, within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Flying saltshaker fungus

speciesMassospora cicadina

Massospora levispora

speciesMassospora levispora

Massospora diceroproctae

speciesMassospora diceroproctae

Massospora dorisianae

speciesMassospora dorisianae

Massospora fidicinae

speciesMassospora fidicinae

Massospora pahariae

speciesMassospora pahariae

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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 374882.