Entomophthora Fresen.
(a genus of entomophagous fungi)

Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Entomophthora bullata an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms
Entomophthora castrans an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms
Entomophthora coleopterorum an entomophagous fungus				Species		2 trophisms
Entomophthora culicis an entomophagous fungus				Species		3 trophisms
Entomophthora forficulae var major an entomophagous fungus				Variety		1 trophisms
Entomophthora muscae an entomophagous fungus				Species		11 trophisms	7 references
Entomophthora neopyralidarum an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms
Entomophthora nouryi an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms
Entomophthora petchii an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms
Entomophthora planchoniana an entomophagous fungus				Species		2 trophisms
Entomophthora pseudococci an entomophagous fungus				Species			2 references
Entomophthora schizophorae (An Entomophagous Fungus)				Species		1 trophisms	1 references
Entomophthora vomitoriae an entomophagous fungus				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi)
Family	ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE (a family of entomophagous fungi)
Order	ENTOMOPHTHORALES (an order of entomophagous fungi)
Class	ZYGOMYCETES (pin moulds)
Phylum	ZYGOMYCOTA (pin moulds)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Entomophthora is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Zygomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Descals, E. & Webster, J.	1984	Branched aquatic conidia in Erynia and Entomophthora sensu lato	TBMS Vol 83 (4): 669-682.
	Elya, C. & De Fine Licht, H.H.	2021	The genus Entomophthora: bringing the insect destroyers into the twenty‑first century	IMA Fungus 12:34: 1-31.

Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ENTOMOPHTHORALES
(an order of entomophagous fungi)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Entomophthora (a genus of entomophagous fungi):

ENTOMOPHTHORALES
(an order of entomophagous fungi)

ZYGOMYCETES
(pin moulds)

ZYGOMYCOTA
(pin moulds)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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