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Some fungal entomopathogens are opportunistic whereas some have evolved into highly specific pathogens of insects. [ 1 ] Entomopathogenic fungi all typically disperse through the environment through the use of microscopic spores (usually asexual or Conidia ) that commonly use Hydrophobins and Adhesins to attach to and recognize the host cuticle ...
The genus name of Entomophaga was derived from combining two words in the Greek, entomon means insect and phaga means to eat. The genus was created in 1964 by the Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933 - 1997).
Entomophthora is a fungal genus in the family Entomophthoraceae.Species in this genus are parasitic on flies and other two-winged insects.The genus was circumscribed by German physician Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) in 1856.
The name "entomophthorales" is derived from the Ancient Greek for insect destroyer (entomo-= referring to insects, and phthor = "destruction"). Named after genus Entomophthora in 1856. [2] Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, killed by the fungus Pandora neoaphidis (Zygomycota: Entomophthorales) Scale bar = 0.3 mm.
The insect disease caused by the fungus is a muscardine which has been called white muscardine disease. When the microscopic spores of the fungus come into contact with the body of an insect host, they germinate, penetrate the cuticle, and grow inside, killing the insect within a matter of days. Afterwards, a white mold emerges from the cadaver ...
The fungus was released in the Boston area between 1910 and 1911. By 1912, they summarized their work, stating that extensive releases had never established this fungal pathogen, which they referred to as "gypsy fungus". [1] In the early 1980s, another attempt was made to introduce Entomophaga maimaiga into the wild.
The fungus is sensitive to temperature and when the air temperature is high, the prevalence of the disease decreases to very low levels. [6] Houseflies infected with E. muscae were able to rid themselves of the infection by resting at temperatures that inhibited the growth of the fungus. [ 7 ]
Scientific name Common name Active agent Distribution Similar edible species Picture Agaricus californicus: California Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus hondensis [1] Felt-ringed Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus menieri: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe