New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

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DSC_9159 Green muscardine fungus (Metarhizium frigidum) infecting a Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens). These well-known entomopathogenic fungi are present in soils around the world, and have been be used as bio-control agents in agriculture, against soil dwelling insects. Denniston Plateau *

DSC 9159 tree weta Wellington Hemideina crassidens entomopathogenic fungus infected green muscardine fungus Metarhizium anisopliae frigidum Denniston Plateau muscardine