Holotype:
THAILAND, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, 17 Aug. 2011, A. Khonsanit, K. Sansatchanon, K. Tasanathai, P. Srikitikulchai, S. Mongkolsamrit, holotype BBH 30724, ex-type living culture BCC 49285.
Habitat:
Underside of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous leaves.
Host:
Leafhoppers (Hemiptera).
Description:
Host covered with parrot-green powdery 
conidia. Conidia smooth-walled, parrot-green, ellipsoidal, occasionally ovoid, 3-5.5 × 2-2.5 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 14–15 mm in 14 d, mycelium closely appressed to the agar surface, flat, white at the margins, white turning to parrot-green with powdery conidia while sporulating. Sporulation starts at 3 d after inoculation, reverse white cream. Conidiophores arising from aerial mycelia, erect, smooth-walled. Phialides smooth-walled, cylindrical with semi-papillate apices, 4–6 × 2–3 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, parrot-green, cylindrical with rounded apices or ellipsoidal, 5–7 × 1.5–2 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 |
Strain |
Compound |
Pubchem CID |
Biological activity |
Reference |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 12847 | MN781925 | MN781860 | MN781761 | MN781810 | MN781959 | MN781715 |
| BCC 49285 | MT078876 | MN781858 | MN781759 | MN781808 | MN781957 | MN781713 |
| BCC 53509 | MT078877 | MN781859 | MN781760 | MN781809 | MN781958 | MN781714 |