Family: Cordycipitaceae

Fungi :> Ascomycota :> Ascomycetes :> Sordariomycetidae :> Hypocreales :> Clavicipitaceae :> Akanthomyces, Beauveria, Gibellula, Isaria.

Members of this group grow by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores. These germinate and grow to slowly consume the insect till it dies. At which point they produce spore-bearing structures.

Genus: Akanthomyces

Akanthomyces aranearum

Akanthomyces tuberculatus

Genus: Beauveria

Genus: Gibellula

Beauveria bassiana

Gibellula pulchra

Genus: Cordyceps

Cordyceps sinclairii

Cordyceps tenuipes

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