Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokīn
(Green Muscardine Disease Of Insects - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMetarhizium anisopliae (Green Muscardine Disease Of Insects - causative organism)
GenusMetarhizium (a genus of fungi)
FamilyCLAVICIPITACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Balfour-Browne, F.L. 1960 Green Muscardine Disease of Insects, with special reference to an epidemic in a swarm of locusts in Eritrea CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria: 65-74.

Metarhizium anisopliae (Green Muscardine Disease Of Insects - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Metarhizium anisopliae (Green Muscardine Disease Of Insects - causative organism)
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