Colletotrichum axonopodi

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Colletotrichum axonopodi
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species:
C. axonopodi
Binomial name
Colletotrichum axonopodi
Crouch et al., 2009

Colletotrichum axonopodi is a falcate-spored graminicolous plant pathogenic fungi species, first isolated from warm-season grasses. [1]

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References

  1. Crouch, J. A.; Clarke, B. B.; White, J. F.; Hillman, B. I. (2009). "Systematic analysis of the falcate-spored graminicolous Colletotrichum and a description of six new species from warm-season grasses". Mycologia. 101 (5): 717–732. doi:10.3852/08-230. ISSN   0027-5514.

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