Colletotrichum gossypii

Colletotrichum gossypii is a plant pathogen. This fungus is affiliated with cotton plants where it causes anthracnose. Its reproduction in the plants is asexual.^[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]

Colletotrichum gossypii
Colletotrichum gossypii on cotton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Glomerellales
Family:	Glomerellaceae
Genus:	Colletotrichum
Species:	C. gossypii
Binomial name
Colletotrichum gossypii Southw. (1891)
Synonyms
Glomerella gossypii Edgerton (1909)