green muscardine

green muscardine
noun
: a disease of silkworms and other caterpillars caused by a fungus (Metarrhizium anisopliae)

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  • muscardine — ˈməskə(r)də̇n, (r)ˌdēn noun also muscardine disease ( s) Etymology: French muscardine : any of various fungus diseases of insects caused by imperfect fungi that proliferate and ramify throughout the body of the host; …   Useful english dictionary

  • Beauveria bassiana — Grasshoppers killed by B. bassiana Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi …   Wikipedia

  • Metarhizium anisopliae — Cockroach killed by M. anisopliae Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • metarrhizium — ˌmed.əˈrīzēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from meta + Greek rhizion small root, diminutive of rhiza root more at wort (herb) : a genus of imperfect fungi (family Moniliaceae) closely related to …   Useful english dictionary

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