Massospora

Massospora is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota.[2][3] It includes more than a dozen obligate, sexually transmissible pathogenic species that infect adult gregarious cicadas (Hemiptera) worldwide. At least two species are known to produce psychoactive compounds during infection.[4][5]

Massospora
Massospora cicadina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Entomophthoromycota
Class: Entomophthoromycetes
Order: Entomophthorales
Family: Entomophthoraceae
Genus: Massospora
Peck, 1879[1]
Type species
Massospora cicadina
Peck (1879)

Species
  • Massospora carinetae
  • Massospora cicadettae
  • Massospora cicadina
  • Massospora diceroproctae
  • Massospora diminuta
  • Massospora dorisianae
  • Massospora fidicinae
  • Massospora levispora
  • Massospora ocypetes
  • Massospora pahariae
  • Massospora platypediae
  • Massospora spinosa
  • Massospora tettigatis
  • Massospora tipulae

References
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  2. "Massospora Peck". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. "Taxonomy browser (Massospora)". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. Macias, Angie M. (May 2020). "Evolutionary relationships among Massospora spp. (Entomophthorales), obligate pathogens of cicadas". Mycologia. 112 (6): 1060–1074. doi:10.1080/00275514.2020.1742033. PMID 32412847. S2CID 218659452.
  5. Cooley, John R.; Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R. (2018-01-23). "A specialized fungal parasite (Massospora cicadina) hijacks the sexual signals of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 1432. Bibcode:2018NatSR...8.1432C. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19813-0. PMC 5780379. PMID 29362478.
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