Fusarium verticillioides

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 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).^[1] F. verticllioides produces the mutagenic chemical compound fusarin C.^[2] F. verticillioides produces a group of disease-causing mycotoxins—fumonisins—on infected kernels.^[3]

Fusarium verticillioides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Nectriaceae
Genus:	Fusarium
Species:	F. verticillioides
Binomial name
Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (1976)
Synonyms
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)