Colletotrichum gossypii (Cg) (Glomerella gossypii) and Colletotrichum gossypii var. cephalosporioides (Cgc) are pathogens of anthracnose and ramulose in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). These pathogens cause typical and distinct symptoms in susceptible plants and they occur in the mitosporic phase of hosts in nature. This work aimed to check the occurrence of sexual and vegetative incompatibility reactions between and within isolates of Cg and Cgc, and also to study some cytological aspects involving the sporulation process. A large variability was observed within these pathogens. Conidia were differentiated in size in all isolates and some presented two or three nuclei. Vegetative incompatibility between and within isolates took place at the contact lines of mycelia growth. Spontaneous sexual reproduction was found in only one isolate, indicating the homothallic behavior of this isolate.
