Colletotrichum

Colletotrichum
C. lindemuthianum on bean pods
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Subphylum:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Glomerellales
Family:	Glomerellaceae
Genus:	Colletotrichum
Species
Colletotrichum acutatum Colletotrichum agaves Colletotrichum arachidis Colletotrichum capsici Colletotrichum cereale Colletotrichum coccodes Colletotrichum crassipes Colletotrichum dematium Colletotrichum derridis Colletotrichum destructivum Colletotrichum fragariae Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Colletotrichum gossypii Colletotrichum graminicola Colletotrichum higginsianum Colletotrichum kahawae Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Colletotrichum lini Colletotrichum mangenotii Colletotrichum musae Colletotrichum nigrum Colletotrichum orbiculare Colletotrichum pisi Colletotrichum sublineolum Colletotrichum trichellum Colletotrichum trifolii Colletotrichum truncatum Colletotrichum viniferum ...

Colletotrichum (sexual stage: Glomerella) is a genus of fungi that are obligate symbionts to plants as endophytes. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens, but some species may have a mutualistic relationship with hosts.^[1]

References

Further reading

• Cai, L. et al. 2009. A polyphasic approach for studying Colletotrichum. Fungal Diversity 39 183–204.
• Damm, U. et al. 2012. The Colletotrichum boninense species complex. Studies in Mycology 73(1) 1-36. doi:10.3114/sim0002
• Damm, U. et al. 2010. Colletotrichum: Species, ecology and interactions. IMA Fungus 1(2) 161–65.
• Hyde, K. D. et al. 2009. Colletotrichum - names in current use. Fungal Diversity 39 147-83.
• Weir, B. S. and P. R. Johnston. 2010. Characterisation and neotypification of Gloeosporium kaki Hori as Colletotrichum horii nom. nov. Mycotaxon 111 209–19. doi:10.5248/111.209

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