Fusarium verticillioides | |
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Fusarium verticillioides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Nectriaceae |
Genus: | Fusarium |
Species: | F. verticillioides |
Binomial name | |
Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (1976) |
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Synonyms | |
Oospora verticillioides Sacc. (1881) |
Oospora verticillioides Sacc. (1881)
Alysidium verticillioides (Sacc.) Kuntze (1898)
Alysidium verticilliodes (Sacc.) Kuntze (1898)
Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld. (1904)
Fusarium celosiae Abe (1928)
Oospora cephalosporioides Luchetti & Favilli (1938)
Fusarium verticillioides is the most commonly reported fungal species infecting maize (Zea mays). Fusarium verticillioides is the accepted of the species, which was also known as Fusarium moniliforme. The species has also been described as mating population A of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (formally known as Gibberella fujikuroi species complex).