Beauveria Vuill., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 59: 40 (1912)

MycoBank number: MB 7346; Index Fungorum number: IF 7346; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13121; 40 morphological species (Index Fungorum 2020), 25 species with sequence data.

Type speciesBeauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill

NotesBeauveria was introduced by Vuillemin (1912) by transferring “Botrytis bassiana” and “Botrytis effusa” from Botrytis to Beauveria (Vuillemin 1912). Species of this genus are found worldwide and are parasitic on insects. The sexual morph of the species are cordyceps-like (Li et al. 2001, Rehner et al. 2011). The genus infects insects and has basally-inflated conidiogenous cells (Li et al. 2001, Rehner et al. 2011).

Species

  • Beauveria bassiana