Maryland Biodiversity Project - Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana)

Icing Sugar Fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.

Synonyms: Beauveria globulifera, Sporotrichum globuliferum.

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Ascomycota > Class Sordariomycetes > Order Hypocreales > Family Cordycipitaceae > Genus Beauveria Icing Sugar Fungus - Beauveria bassiana - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/21798

Status:

Icing Sugar Fungus is a microscopic organism. Observations without microscopic or molecular confirmation are speculative.

Where to find:

Icing Sugar Fungus lives in the soil and is known to cause white muscadine disease in many species of insects.

Records:

There are 3 records in the project database.

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Icing Sugar Fungus in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/2/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 419978 - Psn: 52)

Icing Sugar Fungus in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/2/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Icing Sugar Fungus on a Spotted Lanternfly carcass in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/27/2021). Verified by Dr. Eric Clifton, Cornell University. (Photo ID: 439279 - Psn: 155)

Icing Sugar Fungus on a Spotted Lanternfly carcass in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/27/2021). Verified by Dr. Eric Clifton, Cornell University. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Icing Sugar Fungus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 419531 - Psn: 254)

Icing Sugar Fungus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by wearethechampignons via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

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