Rhizoctonia hebelomatospora (Boidin & Gilles) R.P. O’Donnell, C.C. Linde & T.W. May, comb. nov. MB 852059.

Basionym: Botryohypochnus hebelomatosporus Boidin & Gilles, Mycotaxon 14: 287. 1982.

Synonyms: Tofispora hebelomatospora (Boidin & Gilles) G. Langer, Biblioth. Mycol. 158: 334. 1994.

Thanatephorus hebelomatosporus (Boidin & Gilles) P. Roberts, Mycotaxon 69: 36. 1998.

Type citation: ‘ LY 9022, sous un tronc abattu, même lieu [en lisière du fourré littoral à 14 km au N. de Libreville], 7 décembre 1978, G. Gilles 1326.’ [‘LY 9022, under a felled trunk, same place (on the edge of the coastal thicket 14 km. N. of Libreville), 7 December 1978, G. Gilles 1326.’]

Notes: The epithet hebelomatosporus is based on the generic name Hebeloma, formed from words with an origin in Ancient Greek, with a termination based on the Greek noun σπορα, treated in Botanical Latin as spora. According to Art. 60.10 “adjectival epithets that combine elements derived from two or more Greek or Latin words are to be compounded … [by] adding a connecting vowel (-i- for Latin elements, -o- for Greek elements)”. Some sources, such as Index Fungorum, amend the spelling to hebelomatisporus but given that the word elements are both ultimately derived from Greek, the original spelling is best maintained.