Sarocladium (anamorphic genus)

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Sarocladium oryzae symptoms on rice (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): William M. Brown Jr.
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Sarocladium W. Gams & D. Hawksw. 1976

This genus of fungi is related to the genus Acremonium. It is widely distributed and includes around 10 species. Some are plant pathogens like Sarocladium oryzae which causes sheath rot of rice. Others are saprobes or human pathogens. All plant pathogenic species form cylindrical conidia arranged in slimy heads.

Type species Sarocladium oryzae

For a taxonomic review see Giraldo et al. (2019).

The following species are currently entered in the system:

• Sarocladium oryzae
• Sarocladium strictum