''Nomuraea'' is a genus of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Clavicipitaceae.
The genus name of ''Nomuraea'' is in honour of H. Nomura (b.1897), who was a Japanese scientist.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by
André Maublanc in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.19 on page 295 in 1903.
Species
''Species fungorum'' lists:
''Species fungorum'' - search: ''Nomuraea'' (retrieved 22 June 2018)
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* ''Nomuraea anemonoides
''Nomuraea'' is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.
The genus name of ''Nomuraea'' is in honour of H. Nomura (b.1897), who was a Japanese scientist.
The genus was circumscribed by André Maublanc in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.19 ...
'' A.D. Hocking (1977)
* '' Nomuraea owariensis'' Uchiy. & Udagawa (2002)
Reclassified Species Names
Five species have been reassigned to other genera, including the entomopathogenic fungus species "''Nomuraea rilei''" (now in '' Metarhizium'') which shows potential for control of insect pests in the Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
* ''N. atypicola'' (Yasuda) Samson (1974) is a synonym of ''Purpureocillium atypicola
''Purpureocillium atypicola''Spatafora, Quandt, Kepler, Sung, Shrestha, Hywel-Jones, Luangsa-ard (2015) ''IMA Fungus'' 6(2): 361. is a species of fungus, previously known as ''Nomuraea atypicola'', in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae with no subs ...
'' (Ophiocordycipitaceae
Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.
Genera
*'' Blistum''
*'' Didymobotryopsis''
*'' Haptocillium''
*'' Harposporium'' (Anamorphic)
*'' Ophiocordyceps''; anamorphic genera:
**''Hirsutella ...
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* ''N. cylindrosporae'' (Q.T. Chen & H.L. Guo) Tzean, L.S. Hsieh, J.L. Chen & W.J. Wu (1993) is a synonym of '' Metarhizium cylindrosporum'' ( Clavicipitaceae)
* ''N. rileyi'' (Farl.) Samson (1974) and ''N. prasina'' Maubl. (1903) are synonyms of ''Metarhizium rileyi
''Metarhizium rileyi''Kepler, Humber, Bischoff, Rehner SA (2014) ''Mycologia'' 106(4): 824. is a species of entomopathogenic fungus in the family Clavicipitaceae
The Clavicipitaceae are a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales. A 2008 es ...
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* ''N. viridula'' Tzean, L.S. Hsieh, J.L. Chen & W.J. Wu (1992) is a synonym of '' Metarhizium viridulum''
References
External links
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Clavicipitaceae
Hypocreales genera