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Green muscardine fungus
Metarhizium anisopliae is a soil fungus that infects and kills insects, causing green muscardine disease, and is the type species of Metarhizium. Infected insects are first covered in white mould, which turns green as spores form. It is used as a biological insecticide, sprayed as spore suspensions, against pests such as termites, thrips and beetles. Since 2009 the old broad species has been split into several species, so many older records and products now belong to relatives such as M. brunneum or M. robertsii.
Not edible; a microscopic insect-pathogenic mould. It does not appear to infect humans (Wikipedia).
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