Furia (fungus)

For other uses, see Furia (disambiguation).

Furia
Furia ithacensis on a Rhagio mystaceus male. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Entomophthoromycota
Class: Entomophthoromycetes
Order: Entomophthorales
Family: Entomophthoraceae
Genus: Furia
R. A. Humber, 1989 [1]
Synonyms

Zoophthora subgen. Furia, A. Batko, 1966

Furia is a genus of fungi within the family of Entomophthoraceae.[2] This has been supported by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Gryganskyi et al. 2012).[3]

Originally created in 1966 by Polish mycologist Andrzej Batko (1933-1997), as a subgenus of Zoophthora, The genus name of Furia is derived from the Latin furia - this is due to stress the destructive effect of the epizootic of this type species of the subgenus in populations of Lepidoptera caterpillars.[4] American mycologist Richard A. Humber raised Furia to the generic level.[1]

  1. ^ a b Humber, R. A. 1989. Mycotaxon 34, 441-460.
  2. ^ Elya, Carolyn; De Fine Licht, Henrik H. (12 November 2021). "The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty-first century &". IMA Fungus. 12 (34): 34. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00084-w. PMC 8588673. PMID 34763728.
  3. ^ Gryganskyi AP, Humber RA, Smith ME et al (2012) Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. Mol Phylogenet Evol 65:682–694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.026
  4. ^ Batko, A. 1966. Acta Mycologica, 2, 15-21.