Acremonium isabellae
Species of fungus
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Acremonium isabellae is a species of fungus in the genus Acremonium.[1] It was discovered at Rowlands Creek near Uki in NE New South Wales in 2023 on the body of a dead spider being consumed by an entomopathogenic fungi. Citizen scientist Isabella Teal discovered the fungus while collecting samples of spider-eating fungi with her father[2][3] and it was subsequently named after her. It was first described along with other microfungi in the 11 September 2023, Index of Australian Fungi.[4] The sample on which this fungus was identified can be seen arriving at the lab in the 2024 documentary Follow the Rain.[5]
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| The sample that Acremonium isabellae was isolated from. It is a spider being consumed by a different fungi to Acremonium isabellae, under a leaf at Rowlands Creek in NSW. | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Hypocreaceae |
| Genus: | Acremonium |
| Species: | A. isabellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acremonium isabellae Y.P. Tan, Bishop-Hurley & R.G. Shivas (2023) | |
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Current Name: Waltergamsia isabellae, Index of Australian Fungi 47: 13 (2024) Synonymy: Acremonium isabellae, Index of Australian Fungi 15: 5 (2023)
