Fungalpedia – Note 934, Colletotrichum
Colletotrichum. Corda.
Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank., Fig 1
Classification: Glomerellaceae, Glomerellales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Colletotrichum is an important genus including a large number of species which are plant pathogens, endophytes and saprobes (Jayawardena et al. 2021). Jayawardena et al (2021) accepted 248 species distributed in 14 species complexes. In the present study, four species belonging to the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides complex were identified and are described
Type species: Colletotrichum lineola Corda, in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., 3 Abt. (Pilze Deutschl.)(12): 41 (1831).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Colletotrichum.
Figure 1 – Colletotrichum endophytica (ZHKUCC 21-0077, new host record). a Upper view on PDA after seven days. b Reverse view on PDA after seven days. c–e Conidia. f–h Conidiophores. Scale bars: f–h = 10 μm.
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Entry by
Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China
Published online 25 April 2022