Hirsutella Pat., Revue mycol., Toulouse 14(no. 54): 67 (1892)

MycoBank number: MB 8538; Index Fungorum number: IF 8538; Facesoffungi number: FoF; 83 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 39 species with sequence data

Type species – Hirsutella entomophila Pat.

Notes – The genus was introduced for hyphomycetes pathogenic on insects, mites and nematodes (Simmons et al. 2015). The sexual morph of this genus was linked to Ophiocordyceps (Simmons et al. 2015). The genus is characterised by synnematous or mononematous conidiophores, fusiform, conidia, with a distinct chromophilic slime layer or covered by a finely warted epispore (Doassans & Patouillard 1892, Quandt et al. 2014).

Species

  • Hirsutella entomophila