A genus of fungi that causes anthracnose and other plant diseases, characterized by the formation of acervuli (spore clusters).
From Latin glomus 'ball' with the diminutive suffix -ella, describing the ball-shaped spore-producing structures of this fungus.
Glomerella fungi cause anthracnose, which can wipe out entire apple orchards or coffee plantations worth millions of dollars—and it's spread by something as simple as rain splashing spores from leaf to leaf.
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