| Colletotrichum lindemuthianum | |
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| Colletotrichum lindemuthianum damage to bean pods. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Glomerellales |
| Family: | Glomerellaceae |
| Genus: | Colletotrichum |
| Species: | C. lindemuthianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Briosi & Cavara, (1889)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gloeosporium lindemuthianum Sacc. & Magnus, (1878) | |
Colletotrichum lindemuthianum is a fungus which causes anthracnose, or black spot disease, of the common bean plant (Phaseolus vulgaris). It is considered a hemibiotrophic pathogen because it spends part of its infection cycle as a biotroph, living off of the host but not harming it, and the other part as a necrotroph, killing and obtaining nutrients from the host tissues.