Colocasia esculenta, taro (T), is a major staple food crop in the tropics, including Brazil. Rumohra adiantiformis, leatherhead fern (LF), broadly cultivated for its ornamental fronds that are used as component of flower arrangements. Soft root rot T and LF, accompanying rapid plant wilt death, was observed plantations Espírito Santo (Brazil), at Venda Nova do Imigrante, April 2014 (LF) July 20...