Metarhizium

Metarhizium
Cockroach killed by Metarhizium anisopliae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Metarhizium Sorokīn, 1879
Type species
Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokīn
Synonyms
Nomuraea Maubl. (1903) Chromostylium Giard (1889) Metacordyceps G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) Chamaeleomyces Sigler (2010)

Metarhizium^[1] is a genus of entomopathogenic fungi in the Clavicipitaceae family. With the advent of genetic profiling, placing these fungi in proper taxa has now become possible. Most turn out to be the asexual forms (anamorphs) of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, including Metacordyceps spp.