Hirsutella

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Hirsutella

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| taxon = Hirsutella

| authority = Pat., 1892

| type_species = Hirsutella entomophila

| type_species_authority = Pat.

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Hirsutella is a genus of asexually reproducing fungi in the Ophiocordycipitaceae family. Originally described by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1892,{{cite journal |last=Patouillard NC.|year=1892|title=Une Clavariée entomogène |journal=Revue de Mycologie |volume=14 |pages=67–70}} this genus includes species that are pathogens of insects, mites and nematodes; there is interest in the use of these fungi as biological controls of insect and nematode pests. The teleomorphs of Hirsutella species are thought to belong to the genus Ophiocordyceps.{{cite journal |vauthors=((Sung G-H)), Hywel-Jones NL, ((Sung J-M)), Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW |year=2007 |title=Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi |journal=Studies in Mycology |volume=57 |pages=5–59 |doi=10.3114/sim.2007.57.01 |pmid=18490993 |pmc=2104736}}