Fusarium solani

Fusarium solani
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species:
F. solani
Binomial name
Fusarium solani
(Mart.) Sacc. (1881)
Synonyms
  • Fusisporium solani Mart. (1842)
  • Fusarium solani (Mart.) Appel & Wollenw. (1910)
  • Neocosmospora solani (Martius) L. Lombard & Crous (2015)
  • Fusarium martii Appel & Wollenw. (1910)
  • Nectria cancri Rutgers (1913)
  • Fusarium striatum Sherb. (1915)
  • Fusarium solani var. minus Wollenw. (1916)
  • Cephalosporium keratoplasticum T. Morik. (1939)
  • Fusarium solani f. keratitis Y.N. Ming & T.F. Yu (1966)
  • Cylindrocarpon vaginae C. Booth, Y.M. Clayton & Usherw. (1985)

Fusarium solani is a species complex of at least 26 closely related filamentous fungi in the division Ascomycota, family Nectriaceae. It is the anamorph of Nectria haematococca. It is a common soil inhabiting mold. Fusarium solani is implicated in plant diseases as well as in serious human diseases such as fungal keratitis.