Most members of the ascomycetous genus Cordyceps are endoparasitic fungi of insects and
other arthropods, but about 20 of the 300 described species are parasitic to hart's truffles …

Entomophthoralean and ascomycetous fungi are the two major groups known to parasitize
arthropods in almost every terrestrial habitat of the earth. Within Ascomycota, Cordyceps …

The ascomycetous genus Cordyceps accommodates endoparasitic species that attack
arthropods or other fungi. Analyses of ITS nrDNA sequence data of 72 taxa from the …

Parasitoidism refers to a major form of interspecies interactions where parasitoids sterilize
and/or kill their hosts typically before hosts reach reproductive age. However, relatively little …

Paleoophiocordyceps coccophagus, a fungal parasite of a scale insect from the Early
Cretaceous (Upper Albian), is reported and described here. This fossil not only provides the …

Entomopathogens are important natural enemies of many insect and mite species and as
such have been recognised as providing an important ecosystem service. Indeed, fungal …

The entomopathogenic fungi are organisms that evolved to exploit insects. They comprise a
wide range of morphologically, phylogenetically, and ecologically diverse fungal species …

Torrubiella is a genus of arthropod-pathogenic fungi that primarily attacks spiders and scale
insects. Based on the morphology of the perithecia, asci, and ascospores, it is classified in …

Vol 11 (2) ing, experience. The larva turned fungal host, having been diverted from its
seasonal migration to deeper ground by the invading fungus, will wait out the harsh but arid …

Ascomycete Cordyceps sensu lato consists of hundreds of species of fungi capable of
infecting different insects. Species of these fungi are either valued traditional Chinese …