Nomuraea

Nomuraea is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[2]

Nomuraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Genus: Nomuraea
Maublanc, 1903[1]

The genus name of Nomuraea is in honour of H. Nomura (b.1897), who was a Japanese scientist.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by André Maublanc in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.19 on page 295 in 1903.

Species

Species fungorum lists:[4]

  • Nomuraea anemonoides A.D. Hocking (1977)
  • Nomuraea owariensis Uchiy. & Udagawa (2002)

Reclassified Species Names

Five species have been reassigned to other genera, including the entomopathogenic fungus species "Nomuraea rilei" (now in Metarhizium) which shows potential for control of insect pests in the Noctuidae.

  • N. atypicola (Yasuda) Samson (1974) is a synonym of Purpureocillium atypicola (Ophiocordycipitaceae)
  • N. cylindrosporae (Q.T. Chen & H.L. Guo) Tzean, L.S. Hsieh, J.L. Chen & W.J. Wu (1993) is a synonym of Metarhizium cylindrosporum (Clavicipitaceae)
  • N. rileyi (Farl.) Samson (1974) and N. prasina Maubl. (1903) are synonyms of Metarhizium rileyi
  • N. viridula Tzean, L.S. Hsieh, J.L. Chen & W.J. Wu (1992) is a synonym of Metarhizium viridulum

References
  1. Maublanc A. (1903) Sur quelques espèces nouvelles de champignons inférieurs. Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 19(3): 291-296.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. Species fungorum - search: Nomuraea (retrieved 22 June 2018)
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