Sordariomycetes (entomopathogens)

Ascomycota • entomopath. fungi • Diseases of pests • Beneficials

Isaria tenuipes growing out of an infected pupa (Hespieriidae) (click on image to enlarge it)
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Sordariomycetes (entomopathogens)

This is an important class of ascomycete fungi with many plant pathogenic as well as beneficial species.

This page deals only with species causing diseases of insect pests, for other groups see:

• Sordariomycetes (plant pathogens)
• Sordariomycetes (beneficial antagonists to plant diseases)
• Sordariomycetes (beneficial pathogens of weeds)

The following orders of entomopathogenic Sordariomycetes are included in the system:

• Glomerellales - 1 species
• Hypocreales (e.g. Beauveria or Metarhizium) - 40
• Microascales (e.g.Scopulariopsis) - 2