Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W. Gams
(an entomogenous fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLecanicillium lecanii (an entomogenous fungus)
GenusLecanicillium (a genus of fungi)
FamilyCORDYCIPITACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
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
Petch, T. 1925 Studies in Entomogenous Fungi VI. Cephalosporium and associated fungi. TBMS Vol 10 (3): 152-182,IN1.

Lecanicillium lecanii (an entomogenous fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lecanicillium lecanii (an entomogenous fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lecanicillium lecanii (an entomogenous fungus)
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)