Colletotrichum trifolii

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Colletotrichum trifolii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Subclass: Incertae sedis
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species: C. trifolii
Binomial name
Colletotrichum trifolii
Bain, (1906)

Colletotrichum trifolii is a fungal plant pathogen of alfalfa, causing the disease alfafa anthracnose. It is a biotroph, obtaining nutrients from the living plant cells before forming asexual spores.

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Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database

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