Herpomyces
Herpomyces | |
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Female thallus of Herpomyces chaetophilus, removed from a Periplaneta americana cockroach | |
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Genus: | Herpomyces Thaxt. 1903 |
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Herpomyces periplanetae Thaxt. 1903 | |
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H. amazonicus Thaxt. 1931 |
Herpomyces is a fungal genus in the order Herpomycetales (Laboulbeniomycetes), with species that are exclusively ectoparasites of members of the Blattodea order (cockroaches). As of 2020, 27 species of Herpomyces are formally described. Members of Herpomyces have been reported from all continents except Antarctica.