Table 1.

Morphological characteristics of the most clinically important Colletrotrichum species [7].

Species	Sclerotia	Appressoria	Conidia
C. gloeosporoiodes	Absent	Margin entire, may be lobed	Straight, cylindrical, obtuse apex, base truncate 6–25×4–6 μm
C. coccodes	Present—globose	Margin entire	Straight, fusiform, each end abruptly tapered 16–22×3–4 μm
C. crassipes	Absent	Margin crenate or deeply lobed	Straight, cylindrical, obtuse apex, base truncate 11–20×6–8 μm
C. dematium	Present—conical	Margin entire or slightly irregularly lobed	Fusiform, falcate each end gradually tapered 19–25×2.5–3.5 μm
C. graminicola	Present—irregular	Margin very irregular	Fusiform, falcate, gradually tapered to the apex and base 24–28×4–6 μm