| Fusarium verticillioides | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | Fusarium |
| Species: | F. verticillioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (1976) | |
| Synonyms | |
Oospora verticillioidesSacc. (1881) | |
Fusarium verticillioides is the most commonly reported fungal species infecting maize (Zea mays).[citation needed]Fusarium verticillioides is the accepted name of the species, which was also known asFusarium moniliforme. The species has also been described asmating population A of theFusarium fujikuroi species complex (formally known asGibberella fujikuroi species complex).[1]F. verticllioides produces themutagenic chemical compoundfusarin C.[2]F. verticillioides produces a group of disease-causing mycotoxins—fumonisins—on infected kernels.[3]
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