Rhizoctonia noxia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Cantharellales |
Family: | Ceratobasidiaceae |
Genus: | Rhizoctonia |
Species: | R. noxia
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Binomial name | |
Rhizoctonia noxia (Donk) Oberw., R. Bauer, Garnica & R. Kirschner (2013)
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Synonyms | |
Ceratobasidium noxium (Donk) P. Roberts (1999) |
Rhizoctonia noxia is a species of fungus in the order Cantharellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are thin, effused, and web-like. The species is tropical to sub-tropical and is mainly known as a plant pathogen, the causative agent of "kole-roga" or black rot of coffee and various blights of citrus and other trees.