- Classification: Fungi, Basidiomycota, Lichinomycetes, Hypocreomycetidae, Incertae_sedis_, Plectosphaerellaceae
- English name: Verticillium wilt

 

Verticillium dahliae is a very polyphagous fungus, present in many countries. On salad, it is not considered a serious pathogen. It has only been reported in a very limited number of countries, primarily the United States.

This disease does seem not to be rampant in France .


Of compatibility groups were demonstrated in Verticillium dahliae . Certain strains would present a certain parasitic specificity.