Beauveria bassiana (white muscardine fungus)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (1912)
- Preferred Common Name
- white muscardine fungus
- Other Scientific Names
- Beauveria brongniartii subsp. delacroixii Sacc. (1892)
- Beauveria densa (Link) F. Picard (1914)
- Beauveria doryphorae R. Poiss. & Patay (1935)
- Beauveria effusa (Beauverie) Vuill. (1912)
- Beauveria laxa Petch (1931)
- Beauveria paradoxa (Bals.-Criv.) Ramsb. (1941)
- Beauveria shiotae (Kuru) Langeron (1936)
- Beauveria stephanoderis (Bally) Petch (1924)
- Beauveria sulfurescens (van Beyma) J.J. Taylor (1970)
- Beauveria tenella (Sacc.) MacLeod (1954)
- Beauveria vexans (Pettit) Petch (1926)
- Beaveria delacroixii (Sacc.) Petch (1924)
- Botrytis bassiana Bals.-Criv. (1835)
- Botrytis bassiana subsp. tenella (Sacc.) Sacc. (1882)
- Botrytis bassiana var. lunzinensis Szilvinyi (1941)
- Botrytis delacroixii (Sacc.) Delacr. (1893)
- Botrytis effusa Beauverie (1911)
- Botrytis necans Massee (1914)
- Botrytis paradoxa Bals.-Criv. (1835)
- Botrytis stephanoderis Bally (1923)
- Botrytis tenella Sacc. (1881)
- Isaria citrinula Speg. (1910)
- Isaria densa (Link) Giard (1891)
- Isaria shiotae Kuru (1931)
- Isaria tenella (Sacc.) Giard (1891)
- Isaria vexans Pettit (1895)
- Penicillium bassianum (Bals.-Criv.) Biourge, 1923
- Penicillium delacroixii (Sacc.) Biourge (1923)
- Penicillium densum (Link) Biourge (1923)
- Spicaria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. (1910)
- Spicaria delacroixii (Sacc.) Vuill. (1910)
- Spicaria densa (Link) Vuill. (1910)
- Sporotrichum densum Link (1809)
- Sporotrichum globuliferum Speg. (1880)
- Sporotrichum larvatum Peck, 1879
- Sporotrichum larvicola Peck (1887)
- Sporotrichum minimum Speg. (1881)
- Sporotrichum sulfurescens Van Beyma (1928)
- Stachylidium bassianum (Bals.-Criv.) Mont. (1856)
- Trichoderma minimum (Speg.) G. Müller (1965)
- Tritirachium shiotae (Kuru) Langeron (1947)
- Local Common Names
- GermanyParasit: Arthropoden
- EPPO code
- BEAUBA (Beauveria bassiana)
Pictures
Natural enemy
Beauveria bassiana (white muscardine fungus); natural enemy. Fungus on Cicadulina leafhopper.
©James Litsinger
Natural enemy
Beauveria bassiana (white muscardine fungus); natural enemy. Basilepta spp. beetles infected with B. bassiana in laboratory conditions.
©S. Varadarasan
Line drawing
Beauveria bassiana (white muscardine fungus). Note scale bar.
©Dave Minter/CABI BioScience
Conidiophores
Beauveria bassiana (white muscardine fungus); conidiophores 1-2µm wide, bearing groups of clustered conidiogenous cells, 3-6 x 3-5µm, which may branch to give rise to further globose or flask-shaped conidiogenous cells.
©CABI BioScience
Beauveria bassiana
Louis Tedders, USDA ARS, bugwood.org
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Beauveria bassiana
Louis Tedders, USDA ARS, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Beauveria bassiana
Louis Tedders, USDA ARS, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Beauveria bassiana
Svetlana Y. Gouli, University of Vermont, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Distribution
Impact
Several enzymes, proteolytic, lipolytic, amylase and chitinase have been reported from B. bassiana. These enable the hydrolysis of the protein-chitin of the integument. Several toxins from the fungus have been shown to have an antibacterial effect which serves to reduce bacterial competition during the saprophytic phase of growth on the host cadaver. B. bassiana has been tested experimentally and used on a large scale, with or without added insecticide, against a wide range of insect pests on a variety of crops. There is extensive literature on this work. Some report synergistic effects with the insecticides. Large scale production of conidia in submerged culture was developed in the former USSR. The liquid culture is poured onto bran or cereal grains to encourage sporulation. It is then conserved in an inert kaolin carrier, the preparation being known as 'beauverin' or 'boverin'. Low temperature storage is recommended between harvesting and use. Cultures are available from all major Culture Collections.
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Published online: 10 December 2019
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