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Akanthomyces
Sign in to saveAkanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Akanthomyces is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to fungi, Wikidata and Lepidoptera.
It sits within the topics Cordycipitaceae and Sordariomycetes genera.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderHypocreales
- FamilyCordycipitaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Cordycipitaceae
- Collections
- F, FLAS, BPI, UFSC, UFV, CUP
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cordycipitaceae
- Image
- 2017-03-04 Akanthomyces Lebert 724335.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon common name
- 刺束梗孢属
- taxon name
- Akanthomyces
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Akanthomyces aculeatus
- Commons category
- Akanthomyces
- taxon author citation
- Lebert
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
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Akanthomyces is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cordycipitaceae and consisting of parasites of spiders and Lepidoptera.
The genus was first described by Lebert in 1858.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akanthomyces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.