Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Hypocreales, Nectriaceae. Genus: FUSARIUM
Fusarium lactis Pirotta
member of F. fujikuroi complex
Colony characteristics
Microscopy
Pathogenicity
RG-1, BSL-1. Known as a plant pathogen on sweet pepper in greenhouses (Yang et al., 2009). A disseminated infection in a leukemic patient was described by Winston et al. (2023). Taga et al. (2023) described an onychomycosis.
Species complex
Clinically relevant members of the F. fujikuroi complex are: F. acutatum, F. andiyazi, F. anthophilum, F. lactis, F. mundagurra, F. musae, F. napiforme, F. nygamai, F. proliferatum, F. ramigerum, F. sacchari, F. subglutinans, F. verticillioides and F. volatile.
References
Nomenclature
Fusarium lactis Pirotta – Arch. Labor. Bot. Critt. Univ. Pavia 2-3: 316, 1879 ≡ Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon var. lactis (Pirotta & Riboni) Bilaĭ – Mikrobiol. Zhurnal (Kiev) 49 (6): 7, 1987; type strain: CBS 411.97 = BBA 68590 = DAOM 225145 = IMI 375351 = NRRL 25200.