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Colletotrichum fioriniae
Colletotrichum fioriniae is a fungal plant pathogen and endophyte of fruits and foliage of many broadleaved plants worldwide. It causes diseases on agriculturally important crops, including anthracnose of strawberry, ripe rot of grapes, bitter rot of apple, anthracnose of peach, and anthracnose of blueberry. Its ecological role in the natural environment is less well understood, other than it is a common leaf endophyte of many temperate trees and shrubs and in some cases may function as an entomopathogen with insecticidal properties.
From the article Colletotrichum fioriniae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
Like other species in the C. acutatum species complex, C. fioriniae reproduces almost exclusively via the production of asexual spores called conidia. These conidia are often produced in sticky gelatinous orange masses that are rain-splash dispersed. Conidia are mostly produced at temperatures from 10 to 30 °C, such that in temperate deciduous forests and orchards rain-splash dispersal occurs from bud-break to leaf drop.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
In human culture
C. fioriniae was formally described as a variety of Colletotrichum acutatum in 2008, and as its own species shortly thereafter. However, while it had not previously been recognized as a separate species, when grown on potato dextrose agar it produces a distinct pink to maroon red color on the bottom side and was described in historical studies as "chromogenic" isolates of Glomerella cingulata. It is currently recognized as a species within the C. acutatum species complex.
Wikipedia: “Taxonomic history”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 549218.