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: 1 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "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)."
  • Text: DNA sequences: from holotype: GenBank OR527517 (ITS), OR527525 (LSU), OR514849 (rpb2), OR514841 (tef1).
  • Text: identifier: IF 901090
  • Etymology: "Named after Dora Margaret Spencer (née Cumpston; 1916−2011), an entomologist renowned for her research in malaria entomology and mosquito-borne diseases."
AusFungi (2024), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]