Cordycipitaceae
Lecanicillium margaretspencerae Y.P.Tan, Bishop-Hurley, R.G.Shivas & Marney
, legitimate, scientific
[Tan, Y.P. & Shivas, R.G. (11 September 2023), Index of Australian Fungi 15]:
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[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Specimen examined: Australia, Queensland, Tully, from an unidentified dead insect, 29 Apr. 2021, T.S. Marney, M.D.E. Shivas & R.G. Shivas (holotype BRIP 72656a permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state)."
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Text:
identifier: IF 901090
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Text:
DNA sequences: from holotype: GenBank OR527517 (ITS), OR527525 (LSU), OR514849 (rpb2), OR514841 (tef1).
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Etymology:
"Named after Dora Margaret Spencer (née Cumpston; 1916−2011), an entomologist renowned for her research in malaria entomology and mosquito-borne diseases."