Metarhiziopsis D.W. Li, R.S. Cowles & C.R. Vossbrinck, Mycologia 100(3): 462 (2008)

MycoBank  number: MB 511393; Index Fungorum number: IF 511393; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13084; 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Metarhiziopsis microspora D.W. Li, R.S. Cowles & C.R. Vossbrinck

Notes – Metarhiziopsis was introduced as a monotypic entomopathogenic genus based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses (Li et al. 2008). No sexual morph has been reported. It infects insects producing white to buff, cupulate sporodochia, surrounded by differentiated septate setae, cylindrical, unicellular phialides and unicellular, catenulate conidia (Li et al. 2008).

Species

  • Metarhiziopsis microspora