Pycnidiospores are exudated from pycnidia on infected leaves or petioles of wasabi and may play an important role for secondary infection throughout much of growing seasons. The influence of environmental ‘actors and nutritions on the formation of pycnidia and on the subsequent release of pycnidiospores is directly related to the amount of effective secondary inoculum. In vitro study, the results indicted that PDA medium was the best for production of pycnidia among tested media. Of the carbon sources, starch resulted in the highest linear growth for 7 days incubation and higher germination percentage of pycnidiospores. However, only sorbitol and inulin were the better for pycnidial production among tested carbon sources. Nitrogen sources did not significantly affect the production of pycnidia as compared with control (without nitrogen). In environmental factors, Phoma wasabiae produced pycnidia on PDA medium between 12°C and 32°C with the optimum temperature at 20°C to 28°C. Pycnidiospore germinated well between pH4.5 and pH9.5 with the optimum pH value from 6.5 to 7.5. For water potential tests, the hyphal extension rate of the fungus declined with decreasing water potential over the range -1 to -56 bars. However, pycnidial production and releasing pycnidiospores occurred only at water potential among –1 to –10 bars. After 14 days’ incubation, the optimum light intensity for pycnidia1 production was 150 to 200 μE m-2 s- under a 12 hr day-length cycle and 80 to 100 μE m-2 s- under a 24 hr day-length cycle.