Respected Garg ji, Isaria genus is still a less worked genus atleast in Indian Subcontinent with probably many species that are still undescribed, many species look much similar in morphology with only little differences, so one should be an expert who can examine the specimens microscopic details and can also do more phylogenetic analysis.
A reply from an entomopathogenic expert Nigel Hywel-Jones about my I. cicadae - 'Ashutosh Sharma this is certainly an Isaria on a cicada nymph. I am working on this group in China but would hesitate to put a name to it for now. Several species have been described from around the World but none from the Indian sub-continent. With an old morphology based study of insect pathogenic isarioid fungi all those species off cicada nymphs were reduced to a single name - Isaria cicadae. As with many insect fungus groups molecular phylogenetics is demonstrating that what was once considered one species turns out to be several. This is beginning to prove the case also for cicada Isaria.' About Isaria farinosa - Isaria tenuipes complex differs from Isaria farinosa in having near pale yellow stroma while latter (I. farinosa) having much orange stroma. So for now it will be better to make species page as Isaria cf. cicadae for this one. While in the other two cases as host is not known so it can be either Isaria cf. cicadae if host was a cicada nymph or if some lepidoptera its likely something in Isaria tenuipes complex which comprises several undescribed species and is known from South East Asia. Best regards Ashutosh Sharma On Tue 31 Dec, 2019, 12:45 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > How is it different from images at *Isaria farinosa* (Holmsk.) Fr. > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species--fungi/a---l/a/ascomycota/sordariomycetes/hypocreales/cordycipitaceae/isaria/isaria-farinosa> > ? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 22:32 > Subject: [efloraofindia:338247] Isaria cicadae submission > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Respected members, > > Here's one new and interesting addition to site. > > Isaria cicadae > Common Name - Cicada Flower, Jinchanhua (Chinese name ) > Family - Cordycipitaceae > > Isaria cicadae belongs to the interesting group of entomopathogenic fungi > closely related to well known Ophiocordyceps (Yarsagumba). > This fungi infects the nymph stage of Cicada species, deriving nurishment > from it and ultimately leading to death of infected cicada. > > Photographed at Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh > In July 2019 > > Best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKtxrcVyxmGHByK25-_DOuzf3Mq%2BbYGZJ87WNheDtbkkAA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKtxrcVyxmGHByK25-_DOuzf3Mq%2BbYGZJ87WNheDtbkkAA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKvQG4i9HUsG%2B9gsbXiBRS_FzaFB8at72awe31FjPLX_rA%40mail.gmail.com.
