''Metarhizium rileyi''
[Kepler, Humber, Bischoff, Rehner SA (2014) ''Mycologia'' 106(4): 824.] is a species of
entomopathogenic fungus
An entomopathogenic fungus is a fungus that can kill or seriously disable insects.
Typical life cycle
These fungi usually attach to the external body surface of insects in the form of microscopic spores (usually asexual, mitosporic spores also ...
in the family
Clavicipitaceae
The Clavicipitaceae are a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate placed 43 genera in the family, but recent work has increased this number to 97.
Phylogeny
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of multigene DNA sequence data in ...
; there is extensive literature under its synonym ''Nomuraea rileyi''.
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Clavicipitaceae
Hypocreales genera
Biological pest control
Fungi described in 1883
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