• EPPO Code: COLLAC
• Preferred name: Colletotrichum acutatum sensu lato
• Authority: J.H. Simmonds

Numerous studies have shown thatColletotrichum acutatum is a species complex. The code COLLAC has been kept to describe this species complex and a new code forC. acutatum sensu stricto has been created (COLLAZ).

It should also be noted thatC. acutatum sensu lato has been regulated mainly because of the disease it causes on strawberry, but that in the light of the new taxonomy, otherColletotrichumwithin theC. acutatum species complex (e.g.C. godetiae, C. fioriniae, C. nymphae, C. simmondsii)or the C. dematiumspecies complex (e.g.C. anthrisci, C. lineola) are causing anthracnose of strawberry. 

Colletotrichum xanthii has in the past been considered as a synonym ofC. acutatum. However, there are no living strains available and the taxonomic position of this species is unclear (Dammet al., 2012).