Rhizoctonia theobromae

Rhizoctonia theobromae 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 vascular-streak dieback of cocoa (Theobroma cacao).^[1]

Rhizoctonia theobromae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Cantharellales
Family:	Ceratobasidiaceae
Genus:	Rhizoctonia
Species:	R. theobromae
Binomial name
Rhizoctonia theobromae (P.H.B. Talbot & Keane) Oberw., R. Bauer, Garnica, R. Kirschner (2013)
Synonyms
Ceratobasidium theobromae (P.H.B. Talbot & Keane) Samuels & Keane (2012) Thanatephorus theobromae (P.H.B. Talbot & Keane) P. Roberts (1999) Oncobasidium theobromae P.H.B. Talbot & Keane (1971)

See also

• List of cacao diseases