硬こう化か病びょう

noun

muscardine

A fungal disease of silkworms and other insects, causing the body to harden and become covered with white spores. Technical medical/entomological term.

• 蚕かいこの硬こう化か病びょうは、白しろきょう病びょう菌きんによって引ひき起おこされる。

  Silkworm muscardine is caused by the fungus Beauveria bassiana.