Occurrence of anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, on Lycoris radiata in Korea

Abstract

Anthracnose symptoms were observed on leaves of red spider lilies in Korea. At the early stages of infection the symptoms appeared as small red spots on the leaves. In later stages, the infected leaves gradually turned yellow to brown and developed wilting symptoms. The pathogen isolated from the infected leaves of red spider lily was identified as C. gloeosporioides by morphological and molecular characteristics. C. gloeosporioides was confirmed as the pathogen responsible for the observed symptoms by performing a pathogenicity test.