1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Colletotrichum capsici (Syd. & P. Syd.) E.J. Butler & Bisby (Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Glomerellaceae) Common Name Colletotrichum capsici Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/143014 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: Eric McKenzie - [email protected] Author: McKenzie, E. Citation: McKenzie, E. (2013) Colletotrichum capsici(Colletotrichum capsici)Updated on 3/21/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/143014 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures Commodity Type: Capsicum & Chilli pepper, Tomato, Tamarillo & Egg plant, Yam Distribution: Afrotropic, Indo-Malaya, Nearctic, Oceania, Palearctic Groups: Fungi & Mushrooms Host Family: Dioscoreaceae, Solanaceae Pest Status: 1 NZ - Non-regulated species Status: NZ - Exotic 2.4. Other Names Glomerella acutata Guerber & J.C. Correll 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Disease** Associated with fruit rots and stem dieback on capsicum and eggplant, leaf blight of yams. **Morphology** _Conidiomata_ acervuli, producing conidia in a slimy grey-white matrix, many setae. _Conidia_ 17–26 × 3–4 µm, aseptate, smooth-walled, hyaline, curved, tapered towards both ends, ends pointed. **Note** The species has been epitypified, but Damm et al. (2009) synonymised this species with _C. truncatum_. 2.6. References - Damm, U., Woudenberg, J.H.C., Cannon, P.F. & Crous, P.W. (2009). _Colletotrichum_ species with curved conidia from herbaceous hosts. _Fungal Diversity 39_, 45–87. - Hyde, K.D., Cai, L., Cannon, P.F., et al. (2009). _Colletotrichum_ – names in current use. _Fungal Diversity 39_, 183–204. - Mordue, J.E.M. (1971). _Colletotrichum capsici. CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria 317_, 1–2. - Shenoy, B.D., Jeewon, R., Lam, W.H., Bhat, D.J., Than, P.P., Taylor, P.W.J. & Hyde, K.D. (2007). Morpho-molecular characterisation and epitypification of _Colletotrichum capsici_ (Glomerellaceae, Sordariomycetes), the causative agent of anthracnose in chilli. _Fungal Diversity 27_, 197–211. 3. Diagnostic Images Colletotrichum capsici conidia Colletotrichum capsici on rotting eggplant Conidia: E. McKenzie Landcare Research fruit In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Colletotrichum capsici on rotting eggplant Colletotrichum capsici on rotting eggplant fruit fruit In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research In Life: E. McKenzie Landcare Research Results Generated: Sunday, September 26, 2021 .