Lecanicillium

Lecanicillium is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Cordycipitaceae; 21 species are currently described.[1] Some of these entomopathogenic fungus species were previously widely known as Verticillium lecanii (Zimmerman) Viegas.[2] This genus was first named and introduced by Rasoul Zare (IRIPP) and Walter Gams (CBS).

Lecanicillium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Cordycipitaceae
Genus: Lecanicillium
W.Gams & Zare (2001)
Type species
Lecanicillium lecanii
(Zimm.) Zare & W.Gams (2001)

Species

The IndexFungorum records the following species:

  • Lecanicillium acerosum W. Gams, H.C. Evans & Zare 2001
  • Lecanicillium antillanum (R.F. Castañeda & G.R.W. Arnold) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium aphanocladii Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium aranearum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium araneicola Sukarno & Kurihara 2009
  • Lecanicillium attenuatum Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium dimorphum (J.D. Chen) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium evansii Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium flavidum (W. Gams & Zaayen) W. Gams & Zare 2008
  • Lecanicillium fungicola (Preuss) Zare & W. Gams 2008; Anamorphic Cordycipitaceae
    • Lecanicillium fungicola var. aleophilum (W. Gams & Zaayen) W. Gams & Zare 2008
    • Lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola (Preuss) Zare & W. Gams 2008
  • Lecanicillium fusisporum (W. Gams) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium kalimantanense Kurihara & Sukarno 2009
  • Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W. Gams 2001: pathogens of soft scale insects (Coccidae)
  • Lecanicillium longisporum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001: pathogens of aphids
  • Lecanicillium muscarium (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001: pathogens of whiteflies and thrips
  • Lecanicillium nodulosum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium pissodis Kope & I. Leal 2006
  • Lecanicillium psalliotae (Treschew) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium saksenae (Kushwaha) Kurihara & Sukarno 2009
  • Lecanicillium tenuipes (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001
  • Lecanicillium wallacei (H.C. Evans) H.C. Evans & Zare 2008

At least 15 products based on Lecanicillium spp. have been, or are in the process of being commercialized as biological pesticides, against a variety of pests in numerous countries worldwide.[3]

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Zare R, Gams W (2001). "A revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata. III. Generic classification". Nova Hedwigia. 72 (3–4): 329–337.
  3. de Faria, M.R.; Wraight, S.P. (2007). "Mycoinsecticides and mycoacaricides: a comprehensive list with worldwide coverage and international classification of formulation types". Biological Control. 43 (3): 237–256. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.08.001.
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