Rhizoctonia noxia

Rhizoctonia noxia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Ceratobasidiaceae
Genus: Rhizoctonia
Species:
R. noxia
Binomial name
Rhizoctonia noxia
(Donk) Oberw., R. Bauer, Garnica & R. Kirschner (2013)
Synonyms

Ceratobasidium noxium (Donk) P. Roberts (1999)
Koleroga noxia Donk (1958)
Pellicularia koleroga Cooke (1876) sensu auct.
Corticium koleroga (Cooke) Höhn. (1910) sensu auct.
Botryobasidium koleroga (Cooke) Venkatar (1949) sensu auct.

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.