Fusarium proliferatum

Fusarium proliferatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Nectriaceae
Genus:	Fusarium
Species:	F. proliferatum
Binomial name
	Fusarium proliferatum; (Matsush.) Nirenberg ex Gerlach & Nirenberg (1982)
Synonyms
	Cephalosporium proliferatum Matsush. (1971), Microfungi of the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea (Osaka): 11 (1971); ; Fusarium proliferatum (Matsush.) Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 38 (1976); Fusarium proliferatum var. minus Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 43 (1976);

Fusarium proliferatum is a fungal plant pathogen infecting crops and also can affect humans as well.

It has a worldwide distribution and has been associated with a variety of diseases in important economical crop plants, such as corn and bananas.

It can cause a disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients, The fungus can also cause an abscesses within the body where the trauma or damage is caused by a plant, such as Onychomycosis (nail infections). The fungus was discovered in 2003 as an agent that can cause Fusarium keratitis when found within a contact lens preservation solution.