• The Korean Journal of Mycology
• /
• v.51 no.4
• /
• pp.505-510
• /
• 2023

In June 2023, at the oat field on Kongju National University's Yesan Campus, flies infected with an entomopathogenic fungus were discovered. The flies were hanging with their wings folded backward. Fungal mycelia had sprouted on the abdomens of the flies. An analysis of the 28S ribosomal RNA sequence confirmed that the fungus was Entomophthora muscae. Moreover, cytochrome oxidase sequence analysis of the host insect identified it as Delia platura.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
• /
• v.26 no.3 s.86
• /
• pp.403-406
• /
• 1998

An entomophthoraceous fungus, Entomophthora planchoniana, was found in populations of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, at Kunsan city on June 2, 1998. Occurrence of this species has never been recorded in Korea. Microscopic observations of this fungus are described, and illustrated. Unique characters are that it forms unitunicate muscae-like conidia with $4{\sim}6$ nuclei, and is the only Entomophthora species which can attack aphids.