Fusarium neocosmosporiellum O'Donnell & Geiser 2013

Neocosmospora vasinfecta (Atk.) E. F. Smith, Bull. U. S. Dep
Agr. Veg. Phys. 17 : 45. 1899.
Fusarium, vasinfecium Atk. Bull. Ala. Exp. Sta. 41 : 28. 1893. Fusarium niveum, K. F. Smith, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 43 : 289. 1895.
Perithecia gregarious, often closely crowded, bright-red, smooth, witha very prominent, obtuse ostiolum, becoming perforate; perithecial wall composed of large cells, 12-15 m in diameter ; perithecia 200-225 X 250-275 // ; asci nearly cylindric, 85-90X12-15//; spores 1-seriate or often irregularly crowded, globose or subglobose, at first hyaline and surrounded with a transparent exospore, becoming brown, with several large oil-drops within, the outer surface becoming wrinkled and rough at maturity; mostly 10 /^ in diameter ; paraphyses present, inconspicuous, simple, septate.
Parasitic on cotton, okra, cowpea, and watermelon.
Type locality : Alabama.
Distribution : Virginia to Alabama, California, and Oregon.