Pochonia
Genus of fungi
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Pochonia[1] is a genus of fungi within the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Metacordyceps; eight species are described.[2] Previously placed in the genus Verticillium, these fungi are known to be pathogenic to nematodes and are being developed and commercialized as biological pesticides.[3]
| Pochonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Pochonia Bat. & Fonseca, 1965 |
The genus name of Pochonia is in honour of Jacques Pochon (1907-1978), who was a French doctor and microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute.[4] Pochonia has been seen to contain ketamine. [5]
The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Ozório José de Menezes Fonseca in Publ. Inst. Micol. Univ. Recife vol.462 on page 4 in 1965.
Species
The IndexFungorum records the following species;
- Pochonia bulbillosa (W. Gams & Malla) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata (Kamyschko ex G.L. Barron & Onions) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia globispora Zare & W. Gams 2007
- Pochonia goniodes (Drechsler) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia humicola Bat. & O.M. Fonseca 1965
- Pochonia microbactrospora W. Gams & Zare 2001
- Pochonia parasitica (G.L. Barron) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007
- Pochonia rubescens Zare, W. Gams & López-Llorca 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. catenata (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001