Fusicladium Bonord., Handb. Allgem. mykol. (Stuttgart): 80 (1851).

MycoBank number: MB 8292; Index Fungorum number: IF 8292; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08830; – 81 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 31 species with molecular data.

Type species: Fusicladium virescens Bonord., Handb. Allgem. mykol. (Stuttgart): 80 (1851).

Note: Species of Fusicladium are characterised by having immersed, subcuticular to intra-epidermal mycelia, often forming radiating strands or loose to dense stromatic aggregations, which give rise to conidiogenous cells or conidiophores penetrating the cuticle (Schubert et al. 2003).

Species

  • Fusicladium virescens