Lecanicillium is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of fungi within the order Hypocreales

Hypocreales

The Hypocreales are an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, consisting of 7 families, 237 genera, and 2647 species.Species of Hypocreales are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial ascomata, or spore-producing structures...

 and is described as anamorphic Cordycipitaceae; 21 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 are currently described. These are entomopathogenic fungus

Entomopathogenic fungus

An entomopathogenic fungus is a fungus that can act as a parasite of insects and kills or seriously disables them.-Typical life cycle:These fungi usually attach to the external body surface of insects in the form of microscopic spores...

 species, that were previously widely known as Verticillium

Verticillium

Verticillium is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the Plectosphaerellaceae family. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites of higher plants, insects, nematodes, mollusc eggs and other fungi thus it can be seen that the...

 lecanii (Zimmerman) Viegas .

The IndexFungorum

Index Fungorum

Index Fungorum, an international project to index all formal names in the Fungi Kingdom. Somewhat comparable to the IPNI, but with more contributing institutions....

 records the following species

Species

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:

• Lecanicillium acerosum W. Gams, H.C. Evans & Zare 2001,
• Lecanicillium antillanum (R.F. Castañeda & G.R.W. Arnold) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium aphanocladii Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium aranearum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium araneicola Sukarno & Kurihara 2009,
• Lecanicillium attenuatum Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium dimorphum (J.D. Chen) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium evansii Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium flavidum (W. Gams & Zaayen) W. Gams & Zare 2008,
• Lecanicillium fungicola (Preuss) Zare & W. Gams 2008; Anamorphic Cordycipitaceae
  • Lecanicillium fungicola var. aleophilum (W. Gams & Zaayen) W. Gams & Zare 2008,
  • Lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola (Preuss) Zare & W. Gams 2008,
• Lecanicillium fusisporum (W. Gams) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium kalimantanense Kurihara & Sukarno 2009,
• Lecanicillium lecanii
  Lecanicillium lecanii
  Lecanicillium lecanii is now an approved name of an entomopathogenic fungus species, that was previously widely known as Verticillium lecanii Viegas), but is now understood to be an anamorphic form in the Cordyceps group of genera in the Clavicipitaceae . It now appears that isolates formerly...
  
   (Zimm.) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium longisporum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium muscarium (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium nodulosum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium pissodis Kope & I. Leal 2006,
• Lecanicillium psalliotae (Treschew) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium saksenae (Kushwaha) Kurihara & Sukarno 2009,
• Lecanicillium tenuipes (Petch) Zare & W. Gams 2001,
• Lecanicillium wallacei (H.C. Evans) H.C. Evans & Zare 2008.

At least 15 products based on Lecanicillium spp. have been, or are in the process of being commercialized as biological pesticides, against a variety of pests in numerous countries worldwide ).