Sarocladium oryzae

Sarocladium oryzae
Rice flag leaf sheath and head infection symptoms of sheath rot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Sarocladium
Species:	S. oryzae
Binomial name
Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) W. Gams & D. Hawksw., (1976)
Synonyms
Acrocylindrium oryzae Sawada, (1922) Sarocladium attenuatum W. Gams & D. Hawksw., (1976)

Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) is a plant pathogen causing the Sheath rot disease of rice and Bamboo blight of Bambusoideae spp. in Asia.