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Massospora
Sign in to saveMassospora is a genus of fungi in the Entomophthoraceae family, within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumEntomophthoromycota
- ClassEntomophthoromycetes
- OrderEntomophthorales
- FamilyEntomophthoraceae
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- Family
- Entomophthoraceae
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- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Entomophthoraceae
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- Massospora cicadina.jpg
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- Massospora
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- Massospora cicadina
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Massospora is a genus of fungi in the Entomophthoraceae family, within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota. This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).
It includes more than a dozen obligate, sexually transmissible pathogenic species that infect (and kill) adult gregarious cicadas (Hemiptera) worldwide. At least two species are known to produce psychoactive compounds during infection: M. cicadina is known to produce cathinone; M. platypediae or M. levispora produces psilocybin.
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