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Metarhizium granulomatis
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Metarhizium granulomatis is a fungus in the family Clavicipitaceae associated with systemic mycosis in veiled chameleons. The genus Metarhizium is known to infect arthropods, and collectively are referred to green-spored asexual pathogenic fungi. This species grows near the roots of plants and has been reported as an agent of disease in captive veiled chameleons. The etymology of the species epithet, "granulomatis" refers to the ability of the fungus to cause granulomatous disease in susceptible reptiles.
- Family
- Clavicipitaceae
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- Name
- Metarhizium granulomatis
- Slug
- metarhizium-granulomatis
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Clavicipitaceae
- Genus
- Metarhizium
- Species
- granulomatis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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