Hirsutella Pat.
(a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hirsutella entomophila
an anamorphic ascomycete
(Click to open)
 		Anamorphic Species 19 images
Hirsutella (unidentified)
Unidentified Hirsutella Anamorphic Entomopathogenic Fungi
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 21 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Form genusHirsutella (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi)
FamilyOPHIOCORDYCIPITACEAE (a family of entomopathogenic fungi)
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
Samson, R.A., Evans, H.C. & Latgé, J-P. 1988 Atlas of Entomopathogenic Fungi 187pp, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Hirsutella (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hirsutella (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hirsutella (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)