Massospora

 Massospora is a genus of fungi within the order Entomophthorales of the Zygomycota.[2][3] It includes more than a dozen obligate, sexually transmissible pathogenic species that infect adult gregarious cicadas (Hemiptera) worldwide. At least two species are known to produce psychoactive compounds during infection.[4][5]

Massospora
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Massospora cicadina
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Entomophthoromycota
Class:Entomophthoromycetes
Order:Entomophthorales
Family:Entomophthoraceae
Genus:Massospora
Peck, 1879[1]
Type species
Massospora cicadina
Peck (1879)

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