Engyodontium aranearum

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

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| image = Engyodontium aranearum.webp

| genus = Engyodontium

| species = aranearum

| authority = (Cavara) W. Gams, de Hoog, Samson & H. C. Evans (1984)

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Engyodontium aranearum is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae.{{cite web |title=Taxonomy browser (Engyodontium aranearum) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=132111 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |access-date=5 February 2023}} It parasitizes the long bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides).{{Cite web |title=Engyodontium aranearum (Cavara) W. Gams, de Hoog, Samson & H. C. Evans 1984 - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/997936 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=eol.org}} It causes 100% mortality in infected spiders.{{cite journal |last1=Jent |first1=Derrick |last2=Fuller |first2=Claire A. |title=A fungal pathogen of the cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides |journal=Conference: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014 |date=November 2014 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267521456 |access-date=5 February 2023}}