Metarhizium | |
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Cockroach killed by Metarhizium anisopliae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Metarhizium Sorokīn, 1879 |
Type species | |
Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokīn
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Synonyms | |
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Metarhizium[1] is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the Clavicipitaceae family. With the advent of genetic profiling, placing these fungi in proper taxa has now become possible. Most turn out to be the asexual forms (anamorphs) of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, including Metacordyceps spp.