Holotype:
THAILAND, Pathum Thani Province, National Science and Technology Development Agency, BIOTEC Greenhouse, 2 Mar. 2012, C. Suriyachadkun, holotype BBH 32704, ex-type living culture BCC 51812.
Habitat:
Underside of rice leaves.
Host:
Bown planthoppers (Nilaparvata lugens; Delphacidae; Hemiptera).
Description:
Host covered with white to smoke grey mycelium and powdery cream to smoke grey 
conidia. 
Phialides smooth-walled, cylindrical with semi-papillate apices, 5.5-12 × 2-3 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, cylindrical with rounded apices or ellipsoidal, 4-9 × 2-3 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 21–22 mm in 20 d, mycelium dense, floccose, cottony, slightly convex to the agar surface, white turning to peacock-green, powdery while sporulating. Sporulation starts at 12 d after inoculation, reverse verona brown in the middle of colony and straw yellow with white cream at the margin. Conidiophores arising from aerial mycelia, erect, smooth-walled. Phialides smooth-walled, cylindrical with semi-papillate apices, 6–14 × 2–3 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, peacockgreen, ellipsoidal, 5–7 × 2–3 μm.
Reference:
Mongkolsamrit S, Khonsanit A, Thanakitpipattana D, et al. (2020). Revisiting Metarhizium and the description of new species from Thailand. Studies in Mycology 95: 171–251.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2020.04.001Species |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 51812 | MN781878 | MN781838 | MN781745 | MN781792 | MN781937 | MN781693 |
| BCC 51813 | MN781879 | MN781839 | MN781746 | MN781793 | MN781938 | MN781694 |