Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Beauveria bassiana
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Common names
Icing sugar fungus
Names in other languages (12)Ungestielter Insektenschimmelpilz, bovéria Bassova, muskardinmögel, vitmykos, Боверия бассиана, セミカビ, ハッキョウキン, 巴氏蠶白僵菌, 球孢虫草, 白きょう病菌, 黄きょう病菌, 백강균
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Fungi
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Ascomycota
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Sordariomycetes
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Hypocreales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Cordycipitaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Beauveria
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
bassiana
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Beauveria bassiana
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 11:21.
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: reagan peschke · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: Daniel Stow · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: toad-wife · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: northerly · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill.
Photo: Julie Travaglini · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 11:21.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 13 is a pathogen of × is a symbiont of × has as a host × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is a parasite of × is adjacent to × has as a parasite × is a parasitoid of × preys on × is eaten by × is preyed upon by × 1 more type with data for this species

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is a pathogen of 380 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Bird Cherry-oat Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi is a pathogen of 5 no location
Russian wheat aphid Diuraphis noxia is a pathogen of 5 no location
Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae Aphididae is a pathogen of 4 no location
Melon aphid Aphis gossypii is a pathogen of 2 no location
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is a symbiont of 194 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fagus sylvatica Fagaceae is a symbiont of 6 not compared
Soya-bean Glycine max Fabaceae is a symbiont of 6 not compared
Norway Spruce Picea abies Pinaceae is a symbiont of 5 not compared
Grape-vine Vitis vinifera Vitaceae is a symbiont of 5 not compared
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has as a host 121 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Pollen Beetle Brassicogethes aeneus Nitidulidae has as a host 75 no location
Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Buprestidae has as a host 13 no location
Human Homo sapiens Hominidae has as a host 10 no location
Pine Processionary Thaumetopoea pityocampa Notodontidae has as a host 8 no location
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interacts with 29 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Coleoptera interacts with 3 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
Periodical Cicadas Magicicada Cicadidae interacts with 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Adelium Tenebrionidae interacts with 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
insects Insecta interacts with 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
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interacts with 19 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid Wasp Encarsia formosa interacts with 5 no location
Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid Wasp Encarsia formosa Aphelinidae interacts with 3 no location
Eretmocerus eremicus Aphelinidae interacts with 2 no location
Anagyrus lopezi Encyrtidae interacts with 2 no location
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is a parasite of 13 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Spotted lanternfly Lycorma delicatula Fulgoridae is a parasite of 3 not compared
Helopini Tenebrionidae is a parasite of 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at tribe level.
Darkling Beetles Tenebrionidae Tenebrionidae is a parasite of 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Periodical Cicadas Magicicada Cicadidae is a parasite of 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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is adjacent to 9 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
insects Insecta is adjacent to 2 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at class level.
Cicada Cicadidae is adjacent to 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Larva is adjacent to 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Bugs Hemiptera is adjacent to 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at order level.
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has as a parasite 6 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid Wasp Encarsia formosa Aphelinidae has as a parasite 5 no location
Parasitoid wasp Cales noacki Calesidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Wasp Trichogramma chilonis Trichogrammatidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Anagyrus lopezi Encyrtidae has as a parasite 1 no location
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is a parasitoid of 4 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
crab spiders Thomisidae Thomisidae is a parasitoid of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Rove Beetles Staphylinidae Staphylinidae is a parasitoid of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Bean plataspid Megacopta cribraria Plataspidae is a parasitoid of 1 not compared
Dog-day Cicadas Neotibicen Cicadidae is a parasitoid of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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preys on 2 organisms

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Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Cairns Bunyip Tamasa burgessi Cicadidae preys on 1 not compared
seed weevils Apionidae Apionidae preys on 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
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is eaten by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Lamprosema lateritialis Crambidae is eaten by 1 no location
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is preyed upon by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Hexatricha pulverulenta Cerambycidae is preyed upon by 1 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.