Isaria
| Isaria | |
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| Isaria sinclairii showing the fruiting bodies and parasitised cicada nymphs | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: |
Isaria Persoon in Roemer, 1794 |
Isaria is a genus of fungi mostly in the order Hypocreales and family Clavicipitaceae, or by some authorities the Cordycipitaceae. It includes a large number of entomopathogenic species, some of them exploited as biopesticides (e.g. I. fumosorosea): often previously assigned to the genus Paecilomyces. The teleomorph of this genus appears to be Ophiocordyceps.
Moth infected with Isaria farinosa.
The Encyclopaedia of Life lists the following species:
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