Colletotrichum nigrum

Colletotrichum nigrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Glomerellales
Family: Glomerellaceae
Genus: Colletotrichum
Species:
C. nigrum
Binomial name
Colletotrichum nigrum
Ellis & Halst., (1890)

Colletotrichum nigrum is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes anthracnose fruit rot in tomatoes.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rivera, Y.; Stommel, J.; Dumm, J.; Ismaiel, A.; Wyenandt, C. A.; Crouch, J. A. (October 2016). "First Report of Colletotrichum nigrum Causing Anthracnose Disease on Tomato Fruit in New Jersey". Plant Disease. 100 (10): 2162–2162. doi:10.1094/PDIS-02-16-0174-PDN. ISSN 0191-2917. Retrieved 8 March 2026.