Fruit Pathology     University of Wisconsin - Madison      
 

Colletotrichum spp. and Godronia cassandrae

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Godronia cassandrae f. vaccinii

Colletotrichum, PDA, 11-day old culture, greenhouse sunlight

Colletochtrichum, PDA, 14-day old culture, photoflood lamp

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (teleomorph Glomerella cingulata) causes bitter rot of cranberry fruit and is sometimes associated with dieback of upright branches.

Colletochtrichum, PDA, 7-day old culture, greenhouse sunlight

Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Fusicoccum putrefaciens) causes end rot of cranberry fruit.

Godronia, PDA 7-day old culture, greenhouse sunlight

Godronia cassandrae

Dr. Patricia McManus
University of Wisconsin-Madison