Kingdom Fungi Class Sordariomycetes Family Glomerellaceae Rank Species | Division Ascomycota Order Glomerellales Genus Colletotrichum | |
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.
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