Abstract A description is provided for Fusarium redolens . Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Asparagus officinalis, A. plumosus, Cucumis sativus, Daucus carota, Dianthus barbatus, D. caryophyllus, D. plumarius, Helleborus niger, Iris florentina, I. germanica, I. tectorum, Larix sibirica, Ligustrum vulgare, Linum usitatissimum, Lupinus angustifolius, Lycopersicon esculentum, Picea glauca, Pinus resinosa, P. sylvestris, Pisum sativum, Spinacia oleracea, Tulipa sp. and Vicia faba . DISEASE: A tracheid parasite causing wilt, 'damping-off in seedlings, and sometimes a cortical rot. Fusarium redolens has been recorded in association with F. oxysporum f. pisi in a wilt of broad beans (35: 340) and of peas (39: 450). Each of these pathogens can cause wilting of peas separately, producing symptoms which are indistinguishable from one another (35: 213). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in soil in temperate regions. TRANSMISSION: Soil-borne infection through roots, or dying cotyledons in the case of peas.