Aschersonia
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| Aschersonia | |
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| Aschersonia disciformis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Aschersonia Mont., 1848 |
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Aschersonia[1] is a genus of fungi in the order Hypocreales and family Clavicipitaceae. The genus name was erected in honour of Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834–1913), a German botanist.[2] Species in this genus include entomopathogenic fungi: for example, A. aleyrodis may be used for biological control of whitefly pests.