Colletotrichum Corda, Deutschl. Fl., 3 Abt. (PilzeDeutschl.) 3(12): 41 (1831)

MycoBank number: MB 7737; Index Fungorum number: IF 7737; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00144; 894 morphological species ( Species Fungorum 2020), <250 species with sequence data (Jayawardena et al. 2016).

Type speciesColletotrichum lineola Corda

NotesColletotrichum is the asexual morph of Glomerella, but Colletotrichum was selected for conservation by Maharachchikumbura et al. (2015). In this entry we introduced a new species, Colletotrichum orchidis.