Glomerella cingulata
| Glomerella cingulata | |
|---|---|
| Symptoms of bitter rot on California laurel caused by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Glomerellales |
| Family: | Glomerellaceae |
| Genus: | Colletotrichum |
| Species: | G. cingulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk | |
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Glomerella cingulata is a fungal plant pathogen, being the name of the sexual stage (teleomorph) while the more commonly referred to asexual stage (anamorph) is called Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. For most of this article the pathogen will be referred to as C. gloeosporioides. This pathogen is a significant problem worldwide, causing anthracnose and fruit rotting diseases on hundreds of economically important hosts.