The term anthracnose can apply to all phases of the disease but is often reserved for lesions found on stolons and petioles. Other phases are usually described by symptoms, for example, crown or fruit rot. Anthracnose lesions on stolons and petioles are usually sunken, firm, dark, and dry with a sharp line separating healthy from diseased tissue. When a runner is girdled by a lesion, the daughter plants beyond the lesion wilt and die. Lesions on petioles also result in the death of leaves.
Crown rot occurs when the fungus grows into crowns from infected runners or petioles.
Plants with crown rot may die in the nursery or after being transferred to production fields. Wilting plants with crown rot have a reddish brown, firm rot in the interior of the crown. This can be seen most easily by cutting through the crown lengthwise. Crown rot is sometimes difficult to identify just on the basis of crown discoloration because crowns of dying strawberry plants turn brown regardless of what kills them. Fruit rot can occur on both ripe and unripe fruit.