Holotype:
Republic of Korea, 16 Oct. 1985, S.B. Ahn, ex-type living culture ARSEF 2038.
Habitat:
Underside of leaves.
Host:
Nilaparvata lugens (Delphacidae), Adult planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha).
Description:
Host covered with green powdery 
conidia. Conidia smooth-walled, cylindrical, ellipsoidal, ovoid, 4-6 × 2-2.5 μm.
Culture characteristics:
Colonies on PDA attaining a diam of 16 mm in 14 d, flat, closely appressed to the agar surface, at first white turning to olive-green with olive-grey, powdery while sporulating, smoke grey with white mycelia at the margin. Sporulation starts at 5 d after inoculation, reverse olive yellow, sulphur yellow in the middle of colony and white cream at the margin. Conidiophores arising from aerial mycelia, erect, smooth-walled, cylindrical. Phialides smooth-walled, cylindrical, 5–8 × 2–2.5 μm. Conidia smooth-walled, olive-green with olive-grey, cylindrical with rounded apices, ellipsoidal, 5–8 × 1.5–3 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 |
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Strain |
ITS | LSU | RPB1 | RPB2 | SSU | TEF1 |
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| BCC 27998 | MN781903 | MN781845 | - | MN781797 | MN781945 | MN781700 |
| BCC 30455 | MN781904 | MN781846 | MN781750 | MN781798 | MN781946 | MN781701 |