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