Metarhizium gryllidicola

Fungi > Ascomycota > Sordariomycetes > Hypocreales > Clavicipitaceae > Metarhizium


Holotype:

THAILAND, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Khao Yai National Park, 1 Nov. 2016, B. Sakolrak, D. Thanakitpipattana, N. Arnamnart, N. Kobmoo, R. Somnuk, holotype BBH 44436, ex-type living culture BCC 82988.


Habitat:

In leaf litter.


Host:

Adult cricket (Gryllidae).


Description:

The host body is covered with greyish green, pastel green and dark green conidia.


Culture characteristics:

Colony on PDA fast-growing, attaining 4.7 cm diam after 14 d at 25 °C, at first white with smooth and cottony mycelia. Conidiation starts in the middle of colony at 5 d, becoming lime green, buff yellow and olive green with age. Conidiophores arising from aerial mycelium, smooth, cylindrical. Phialides smooth-walled, cylindrical to clavate, without a distinct neck, 5–12 × 2–3 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, cylindrical, ovoid, 5–7 × 2–3 μm.




Reference:

  • Thanakitpipattana D, Tasanathai K, Mongkolsamrit S, et al. (2020). Fungal pathogens occurring on Orthopterida in Thailand. Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 44: 140–160.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.06
Found 0 compound(s) associated with this species

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Strain

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RPB1

RPB2

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TEF1

BCC 22353 MK632090 MK632165 MK632142 MK632116 MK632061
BCC 53857 MK632092 MK632167 MK632144 MK632118 MK632063
BCC 82988 MK632091 MK632166 MK632143 MK632117 MK632062