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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Banana fruits were studied over a six‐month period in order to determine the incidence of species of the <jats:italic>Fusarium</jats:italic> genus and assess their potential pathogenicity. The 72 samples studied were commercially available in Italy and Spain, where they were brought from Panama, Ecuador and Canary Islands. Among the species detected in the fruits, <jats:italic>Fusarium semitectum</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>majus</jats:italic> Wollenw. was predominant, followed by <jats:italic>F. moniliforme</jats:italic> Sheld., <jats:italic>F. solani</jats:italic> (Mart.) Appel & WoUenw., <jats:italic>F. oxysporum</jats:italic> Schlecht., <jats:italic>F. proliferatum</jats:italic> (Matsushima) Nirenberg, <jats:italic>F. graminearum</jats:italic> Schw., <jats:italic>F. camptoceras</jats:italic> WoUenw. <jats:italic>&C</jats:italic> Reinking, <jats:italic>F. subglutinans</jats:italic> (WoUenw. & Reinking) Nelson <jats:italic>et al., F. dimerum</jats:italic> Penzig in Sacc, <jats:italic>F. acuminatum</jats:italic> EU. & Ev., and <jats:italic>F. equiseti</jats:italic> (Corda) Sacc. <jats:italic>Fusarium proliferatum</jats:italic> had never been reported to occur as contaminating fungi in banana fruits to date. <jats:italic>Fusarium subglutinans, F. acuminatum</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>F. graminearum</jats:italic> were found to be the most markedly pathogenic of all. The lack of noticeable differences in relation to the incidence of the different species isolated from the samples indicates that the mycoflora found is typical of this fruit and does not depend on its origin.</jats:p>