Massospora

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Massospora
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Massospora cicadina
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Entomophthoromycota
Class: Entomophthoromycetes
Order: Entomophthorales
Family: Entomophthoraceae
Genus: Massospora
Peck, 1879[1]
Type species
Massospora cicadina
Peck (1879)

Massospora is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota.[2][3] It includes more than a dozen obligate, sexually transmissible pathogenic species that infect adult gregarious cicadas (Hemiptera) worldwide. At least two species are known to produce psychoactive compounds during infection.[4][5]

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References[]

  1. ^ eol
  2. ^ "Massospora Peck". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Massospora)". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. ^ Macias, Angie M. (May 2020). "Evolutionary relationships among Massospora spp. (Entomophthorales), obligate pathogens of cicadas". Mycologia. 112 (6): 1060–1074. doi:10.1080/00275514.2020.1742033. PMID 32412847. S2CID 218659452.
  5. ^ Cooley, John R.; Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R. (2018-01-23). "A specialized fungal parasite (Massospora cicadina) hijacks the sexual signals of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 1432. Bibcode:2018NatSR...8.1432C. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19813-0. PMC 5780379. PMID 29362478.
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