TABLE 1.

Accumulation of ergot alkaloids from isolates of Metarhizium species colonizing sucrose-yeast extract agar (SYE culture) or larvae of Galleria mellonella (insect)

Species and isolate	Origin	SYE culture	Insect
M. acridum ARSEF 324	Orthoptera	–a	LAHb
M. acridum ARSEF 7486	Orthoptera	–	LAH
M. album ARSEF 1941c	Hemiptera	–	–
M. album ARSEF 2082	Hemiptera	–	–
M. album ARSEF 2176	Hemiptera	–	–
M. anisopliae ARSEF 1080	Lepidoptera	–	LAH
M. anisopliae ARSEF 7426	Diptera	LAH	n.t.d
M. anisopliae ARSEF 7487	Orthoptera	–	LAH
M. anisopliae BC 1203	Diplopoda	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 1116	Lepidoptera	LAH	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 2042	Soil	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 2107	Coleoptera	–	–
M. brunneum ARSEF 3826	Diptera	LAH	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 5635	Orthoptera	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 6392	Coleoptera	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 7434	Unknown	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 8515	Blattodea	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 8534	Blattodea	–	LAH
M. brunneum ARSEF 9354	Soil	LAH	LAH
M. flavoviride BC 1163	Diplopoda	–	LAH
M. guizhouense ARSEF 6238	Lepidoptera	–	–
M. guizhouense CBS 258.90	Lepidoptera	–	–
M. majus ARSEF 1914	Coleoptera	–	–
M. majus ARSEF 1946	Coleoptera	–	–
M. pingshaense ARSEF 5197	Coleoptera	–	–
M. robertsii ARSEF 23c	Coleoptera	–	LAH
M. robertsii ARSEF 2575	Coleoptera	–	LAH

^a–, no ergot alkaloids detected.

^bLAH, ergot alkaloids produced, with lysergic acid α-hydroxyethylamide being the most abundant.

^cIsolate with sequenced genome.

^dn.t., not tested.