Pochonia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Pochonia Bat. & Fonseca, 1965 |
Pochonia[1] is a genus of fungi within the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Metacordyceps; eight species are described.[2] Previously placed in the genus Verticillium, these fungi are known to be pathogenic to nematodes and are being developed and commercialized as biological pesticides.[3]
Species[]
The IndexFungorum records the following species:
- Pochonia bulbillosa (W. Gams & Malla) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata (Kamyschko ex G.L. Barron & Onions) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia globispora Zare & W. Gams 2007,
- Pochonia goniodes (Drechsler) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia humicola Bat. & O.M. Fonseca 1965,
- Pochonia microbactrospora W. Gams & Zare 2001,
- Pochonia parasitica (G.L. Barron) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007,
- Pochonia rubescens Zare, W. Gams & López-Llorca 2001,
- Pochonia suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. catenata (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001.
References[]
- ^ Bat., Fonseca OM (1965) Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 462: 4
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 150. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Categories:
- Biopesticides
- Parasitic fungi
- Clavicipitaceae