Gloeosporium and Colletotrichum - other hosts

  • Gloeosporium perennans and G. album are more restricted in host range being mainly found in apple, pear and some ornamentals.
  • G. album can also be found on weeds. Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes and C. acutatum are much more variable fungi with a wide host range worldwide, being reported causing rots on most fruit crops including apple, pear, cherry, strawberry, tomato, many tropical fruit: banana, cacao, mango, citrus and many ornamental plants: camellia, lupin and many other cultivated and wild plants.