Abstract
Isolates of a fungus isolated from anthracnose lesions on mango fruits in Okinawa produced perithecia on potato dextrose agar and were identified as Glomerella cingulata Group A (anamorph: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) based on cultural and morphological characteristics, PCR assay using specific primers and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) sequence homology. Pathogenicity of the isolates to mango was demonstrated by placing mycelial disks on wounded healthy leaves and fruits and reisolating the fungus from the diseased fruit. This is the first report of confirming the production of perithecia by G. cingulata causing anthracnose of mango fruits in Japan.