Thanks a lot, Ashutosh ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Thu 2 Jan, 2020, 10:24 PM Ashutosh Sharma, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/CA%2BiuSFCK02ZW_Qo14CXc4HfANTi-qiURpoJtCa%3DgU24txi7K_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
