, first congeneric with the myrtle rust pathogen .

In 1895 and 2001, rust fungi affecting trees (Chrysobalanchaceae) in Brazil were described as by Hennings in the state of Goiás and as by Ferreira et al. in the state of Amazonas, respectively. Recently, a rust fungus collected close to the Amazonian type location sharing symptoms with the former two species was subjected to morphological examinations and molecular phylogenetic analyses using 28S nuc rDNA (ITS2-28S) and cytochrome oxidase subunit III (CO3) gene sequences.

First report of Fusarium kalimantanense causing Fusarium wilt on banana tree in Brazil.

Banana (Musa spp.) is the second most-consumed fruit in Brazil, the fourth-largest producer globally, with 7 million tons in 2021 (IBGE 2021). Studies about the morphological and pathogenic characteristics revealed that the etiology of Fusarium wilt in banana cultivars in Brazil had been related to the Fusarium oxysporum f.