Verticillium alfalfae

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Verticillium alfalfae is a fungus that causes verticillium wilt in some plants, especially alfalfa. It forms yellow-pigmented hyphae and microsclerotia (tiny resting structures), and can have resting mycelium.

It is closely related to Verticillium albo-atrum and Verticillium nonalfalfae.

Classification:
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Ascomycota
- Class: Sordariomycetes
- Order: Glomerellales
- Family: Plectosphaerellaceae
- Genus: Verticillium
- Species: V. alfalfae
- Binomial name: Verticillium alfalfae Inderb. et al.