Chlorocillium Zare & W. Gams, Mycol. Progr.

Chlorocillium Zare & W. Gams, Mycol. Progr. 15: 1005, 2016 = Pseudometarhizium W. H. Chen, Y. F. Han, J. D. Liang & Z. Q. Liang, MycoKeys 91: 59, 2022 MycoBank No: 842641. Type species. Chlorocillium griseum (Petch) Zare & W. Gams. Notes. Chen et al. (2022 a) introduced the genus Pseudometarhizium with P. araneogenum (type species) and P. lepidopterorum in the family Clavicipitaceae. However, in the present study, the multi-gene phylogenetic analyses revealed that Pseudometarhizium species clustered with Chlorocillium s. str. (Fig. 2). Besides, the typical characteristics of Pseudometarhizium are entirely consistent with Chlorocillium. Thus, the genus Pseudometarhizium is synonymized under Chlorocillium and the two known species of Pseudometarhizium are transferred into Chlorocillium.