Holotype:
THAILAND, Loei Province, Phu Suan Sai National Park, 15 Jul. 2008, K. Tasanathai, B. Thongnuch, S. Mongkolsamrit, P. Srikitikulchai, A. Khonsanit, holotype BBH 24005, ex-type living culture BCC 31660.
Habitat:
Underside of dicotyledonous leaves.
Host:
Adult leafhopper (Cercopidae).
Description:
Host covered with pale green mycelium and sporulating conidiophores. 
Conidia smooth-walled, pale green, cylindrical with rounded apices, 7-10 × 2 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 15 mm in 14 d, white mycelium, floccose, abundant aerial hyphae, dark green in the centre of colonies due to production of conidia. Sporulation starts at 10 d after inoculation, reverse uncoloured. Conidiophores dense, terminating in branches, with 2–3 phialides per branch. Phialides cylindrical to ellipsoidal with semi-papillate apices, 5–10 × 2–3 μm. Conidia cylindrical with rounded apices, 6–8 × 2 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 |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 31660 | MN781880 | BCC31660 | MN781756 | MN781805 | MN781953 | MN781709 |