Colletotrichum somersetense

Colletotrichum somersetense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species:
C. somersetense
Binomial name
Colletotrichum somersetense
Crouch, 2014

Colletotrichum somersetense is a morphologically cryptic species described by J.A Crouch in 2014. This species belongs to Colletotrichum caudatum sensu lato and is a pathogen on warm-season grasses (Sorghastrum nutans). Presence of a unique filiform appendage at the apex of the conidium is the distinctive morphological character.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jo Anne Crouch (2014)Colletotrichum caudatum s.l. is a species complex. IMA Fungus.5: 17–30.


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