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Akanthomyces
Sign in to saveAkanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderHypocreales
- FamilyCordycipitaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Cordycipitaceae
- Collections
- F, FLAS, BPI, UFSC, UFV, CUP
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cordycipitaceae
- Image
- 2017-03-04 Akanthomyces Lebert 724335.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 刺束梗孢属
- taxon name
- Akanthomyces
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Akanthomyces aculeatus
- Commons category
- Akanthomyces
- taxon author citation
- Lebert
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Encyclopedic overview
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Akanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.
The genus was first described by Lebert in 1858.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akanthomyces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.