| Colletotrichum gossypii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Glomerellales |
| Family: | Glomerellaceae |
| Genus: | Colletotrichum |
| Species: | C. gossypii |
| Binomial name | |
| Colletotrichum gossypii Southw., (1890) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Glomerella gossypii Edgerton, (1909) |
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Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungus is related to cotton plants where causes anthracnose. It reproduction in the plants is asexually.[1] The conidia have only one nucleus. Before conidia germination fusion by mean of conidial anastomosis tube could happen. The conidia could germinate in media plates.[2]