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Nomuraea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
Genus: | Nomuraea Maublanc, 1903[1] |
Nomuraea is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[2]
The genus name of Nomuraea is in honour of H. Nomura (b.1897), who was a Japanese scientist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by André Maublanc in Bull. Soc. Mycol. France vol.19 on page 295 in 1903.
Species fungorum lists:[4]
Five species have been reassigned to other genera, including the entomopathogenic fungus species "Nomuraea rilei" (now in Metarhizium) which shows potential for control of insect pests in the Noctuidae.