In recent years Cordyceps s.l. has been the subject of many studies which have enabled a breakthrough in our understanding of the diversity of species, their distributions, systematics, ecology and mechanisms of fungus-host ...

Recombination mediated through a parasexual cycle is a potential source of genetic diversity among mitosporic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana. Knowledge of this diversity is critical to understand the structure of the ...

Biological control by entomopathogenic fungi is a possible alternative to chemical insecticides. As the grapevine moth Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), recently introduced in Argentina, is now the major pest in ...

Escovopsis atlas, E. catenulata, E. longivesica, E. primorosea, and E. pseudoweberi spp. nov. are described from fungal gardens of higher attine ants in Argentina. All these species possess clear diagnostic features: E. ...

Mycocitrus Möller is a tropical genus that comprises two species, which form large orange stromata on bamboo culms. An ongoing survey of macrofungi in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, has produced four collections of Mycocitrus ...

Bufonacris claraziana outbreaks, an endemic grasshopper of Argentinian Patagonia, are a recurrent phenomenon in that region, causing severe damage to forage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the susceptibility of ...

Cordyceps locustiphila is described, illustrated, and compared with a previous finding. This species was collected infecting Tropidacris collaris in the Yabotí biosphere reserve, Misiones province, Argentina. Until now, ...

The aim of this study was to search for entomopathogenic fungi that infect wild cockroaches in forest ecosystems in two protected natural areas of Argentina. Two isolates of Metarhizium argentinenseBlaberidae: Epilamprinae) ...