Table 3. Invalid and illegitimate names introduced within Rhizoctonia or its generic synonyms.
Name Article (Shenzhen Code) Reason invalid/illegitimate
Ceratobasidium fibulatum C.C. Tu & Kimbr. Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Ceratobasidium filamentosum (Pat.) L.S. Olive Art. 41.1 Basionym not indicated/omitted
Ceratobasidium flavecens (Bonord.) L.S. Olive Art. 41.1 Basionym not indicated/omitted
Ceratobasidium fragariae Kohmoto, N. Maek., Ogihara & S. Nishim. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Ceratobasidium incrustans Rick Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Ceratobasidium praticola (Kotila) L.S. Olive Art. 41.1 Basionym not indicated/omitted
Ceratobasidium stevensii (Burt) Venkatar. Art. 41.1 Basionym not indicated/omitted
Ceratorhiza cerealis (E.P. Hoeven) R.T. Moore Art. 41.2 Combination based on the invalid basionym R. cerealis
Ceratorhiza fragariae (S.S. Husain & W.E. McKeen) R.T. Moore Art. 40.1, Art. 41.2 Combination based on the invalid basionym R. fragariae
Corticium fusisporum (J. Schröt.) Brinkmann Art. 53.1 Later homonym of Corticium fusisporum Cooke & Ellis 1879
Hydrabasidium terrigenum (Bres.) Park.-Rhodes Art. 41.2 Combination made using invalid genus name (Hydrabasidium)
Rhizoctonia alpina E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia anomala Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia apocynacearum K.J. Demet. Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia asclerotica Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia asparagi Fuckel Art. 38.1(a) No description or diagnosis provided
Rhizoctonia bicolor Ellis Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia borealis J.T. Curtis Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia callae E.Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia candida W. Yamam. Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia cavendishiana Burgeff Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia cerealis E.P. Hoeven Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia dauci Rabenh. Art. 38.1(a) No description or diagnosis provided
Rhizoctonia dichotoma H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia endophytica H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia endophytica var. filicata H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia fragariae S.S. Husain & W.E. McKeen Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia fraxini E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia globularis H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia gossypinum Speg. Art 29–31 Never validly published
Rhizoctonia gracilis Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia hiemalis H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Rhizoctonia juniperi Lihnell Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia lupini E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia monilioides J.T. Curtis Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia monteithiana F.T. Benn. Art. 36.1, 39.1 Provisional name; no Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia muneratii E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia nandorii Biradar & Bonde Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia neottiae (H. Wolff) Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia oryzae Ryker & Gooch Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia papayae Cifferi. Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia pini-insignis E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia praticola H.K. Saksena & Vaartaja Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia psycodis K.S. Thomas Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia quercus E. Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia rapae Oudem. Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia robusta Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia rubi McKeen Art. 40.1 No holotype designated. Weldon et al. (2022) transferred R. rubi to the genus Monilinia Honey (Ascomycota) with the combination ' Monilinia rub i' Weldon and Stockwell based on the phylogenetic placement of sequences generated from an authentic (but not ex-type) culture (CBS 382.59). However, as the basionym R. rubi is invalid, the combination M. rubi is also invalid.
Rhizoctonia sclerotica Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. brassicae Sneh, Burpee & Ogoshi Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. cedri-deodarae E.Castell. Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. cichorii-endiviae E.S. Schultz Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. fuchsiae E.S. Schultz Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. graminis Bunschoten Art 29–31 Never validly published
Rhizoctonia solani var. hortensis Schulz Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. lycopersicae E.S. Schultz Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia solani var. typica Sneh, Burpee & Ogoshi Art. 24.3 Infraspecific name “typicus” is not the same final epithet as the name of the corresponding higher-ranked taxon
Rhizoctonia sphacelati Burgeff Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia stahlii Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia suavis K.S. Thomas Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia subtilis Burgeff Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia subtilis var. nigra J.T. Curtis Art. 39.1 No Latin description or diagnosis
Rhizoctonia tomato Bahariev Art. 39.1, 40.1 No Latin description or diagnosis; no holotype specified
Rhizoctonia tricolor Ellis & Everh. Art. 36.1 Provisional name
Rhizoctonia versicolor E. Müll. & Nüesch Art. 40.1 No holotype designated
Thanatephorus anomalus (P.H.B. Talbot) Stalpers & T.F. Andersen Art. 41.1 Basionym not indicated/omitted