''Albonectria rigidiuscula'' is a fungal

plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

. The

anamorph In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota: *Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body. *Anamorph: an ase ...

of ''A. rigidiuscula'' the fungus ''Fusarium decemcellulare'' is associated with inflorescence wilt and vascular necrosis in fruit tree crops such as Mango ('' Mangifera indica''), Longan (''Dimocarpus longan'') and Rambutan (''Nephelium lappaceum''). ''F. decemcellulare'' causes a disease known as cushion gall in '' Theobroma cacao'' and other tropical trees.

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Fungal plant pathogens and diseases Nectriaceae Fungi described in 1873 Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley Taxa named by Christopher Edmund Broome {{plant-disease-stub