Table 2.

Morphological characteristics of Colletotrichum species from blueberry in Sichuan, China.

Group	Species	Colony	Growth Rate (mm/d)	Conidia			Appressoria			Mycelial Appressoria
				Length (μm)	Width (μm)	Shape	Length (μm)	Width (μm)	Shape and Color
1	Colletotrichum fructicola	black and gray, reverse black	6.0 ± 0.04 a	13.3 ± 0.21 b	5.4 ± 0.24 a	cylindrical	6.7 ± 0.16 a	5.0 ± 0.17 a	brown to dark black, ovoid to slightly irregular	oval to irregular, light brown to dark brown, margin lobed or deeply lobed
2	Colletotrichum siamense	white, reverse pale yellowish	4.3 ± 0.12 c	11.7 ± 0.41 c	5.4 ± 0.21 a	cylindrical	5.7 ± 0.39 b	4.7 ± 0.22 b	brown to dark black, irregular with a crenate edge	irregularly shaped and brown, with a deep, marginal, lobed edge
3	Colletotrichum kahawae	pale gray, reverse pale gray	3.4 ± 0.09 d	14.4 ± 0.60 a	5.0 ± 0.94 b	cylindrical	6.7 ± 0.40 a	5.4 ± 0.17 c	brown to dark black, round	ovoid or irregularly shaped, light brown, with a deep, marginal, lobed, or smooth edge
4	Colletotrichum nymphaeae	gray, reverse dark gray	6.2 ± 0.08 a	10.5 ± 0.08 d	4.6 ± 0.43 c	fusiform	7.4 ± 0.33 c	5.9 ± 011 d	gray, round	oval, light brown, smooth edge
5	Colletotrichum sichuaninese	gray, reverse pale gray	5.5 ± 0.39 b	14.5 ± 0.32 a	5.2 ± 0.30 ab	long cylindrical	12.0 ± 0.56 d	8.8 ± 0.21 e	brown to dark black, ovoid to slightly irregular	oval or round, brown to dark brown, with a smooth border
6	Colletotrichum karstii	white, reverse white	6.4 ± 0.05 a	15.7 ± 0.12 e	7.0 ± 0.26 d	fusiform	8.9 ± 0.32 e	7.4 ± 0.46 f	brown to dark black, round	oval to round, light brown, and smooth edges

Note: In a column, averages followed by different small letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05); a–f: the values with the same letter in a column do not significantly differ according to Duncan’s multiple range test.