Hirsutella is a genus of asexually reproducing fungi in the Ophiocordycipitaceae

Ophiocordycipitaceae

The Ophiocordycipitaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.-Genera:*Elaphocordyceps*Haptocillium*Harposporium*Hirsutella*Hymenostilbe*Ophiocordyceps*Paraisaria*Purpureocillium...

 family. Originally described by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard

Narcisse Théophile Patouillard

Narcisse Théophile Patouillard was a French pharmacist and mycologist.He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura...

 in 1892, this genus includes species that are pathogens of insects, mites and nematodes; there is interest in the use of these fungi as biological controls of insect and nematode pests. The teleomorphs of Hirsutella species belong to the genera Ophiocordyceps

Ophiocordyceps

Ophiocordyceps is a genus of fungi within the Ophiocordycipitaceae family. The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931, contains about 140 species that grow on insects...

and Torrubiella

Torrubiella

Torrubiella is a genus of fungi within the Clavicipitaceae family.-External links:*...

.

Species

• Hirsutella abietina
• Hirsutella acerosa
• Hirsutella acridiorum
• Hirsutella aphidis
• Hirsutella asiae
• Hirsutella atewensis
• Hirsutella barberi
• Hirsutella besseyi
• Hirsutella brownorum
• Hirsutella citriformis
• Hirsutella clavispora
• Hirsutella coccidiicola
• Hirsutella crinita
• Hirsutella cryptosclerotium
• Hirsutella danubiensis
• Hirsutella darwinii
• Hirsutella dendritica
• Hirsutella dipterigena
• Hirsutella entomophila
• Hirsutella exoleta
• Hirsutella floccosa
• Hirsutella formicarum
• Hirsutella fusiformis
• Hirsutella gigantea
• Hirsutella graptopsaltriae
• Hirsutella gregis
• Hirsutella guignardii
• Hirsutella guyana
• Hirsutella haptospora
• Hirsutella heteroderae
• Hirsutella heteropoda
• Hirsutella huangshanensis
• Hirsutella hunanensis
• Hirsutella illustris
• Hirsutella jonesii
• Hirsutella kirchneri
• Hirsutella lecaniicola
• Hirsutella leizhouensis
• Hirsutella liberiana
• Hirsutella liboensis
• Hirsutella longicolla
• Hirsutella longissima
• Hirsutella minnesotensis
• Hirsutella necatrix
• Hirsutella neovolkiana
• Hirsutella nivea
• Hirsutella nodulosa
• Hirsutella nutans
• Hirsutella ovalispora
• Hirsutella parasitica
• Hirsutella patouillardii
• Hirsutella petchabunensis
• Hirsutella pichilinguensis
• Hirsutella piligena
• Hirsutella proturicola
• Hirsutella radiata
• Hirsutella ramosa
• Hirsutella rhossiliensis
• Hirsutella rostrata
• Hirsutella rubripunctata
• Hirsutella satumaensis
• Hirsutella saussurei
• Hirsutella setosa
• Hirsutella sphaerospora
• Hirsutella sporodochialis
• Hirsutella stilbelliformis
• Hirsutella strigosa
• Hirsutella stylophora
• Hirsutella subramanianii
• Hirsutella subulata
• Hirsutella surinamensis
• Hirsutella thompsonii
• Hirsutella tydeicola
• Hirsutella uncinata
• Hirsutella vandergeestii
• Hirsutella vermicola
• Hirsutella versicolor
• Hirsutella verticillioides
• Hirsutella volkiana
• Hirsutella yunnanensis
• Hirsutella zhangjiajiensis