Studies on the modern taxonomy of myxomycetes in China developed rapidly in the last fifty years. Up to the present, nearly 500 species are reported and their distributions cover all provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and special administrative regions of China. However, with the development of myxomycete taxonomy, the problems of scientific names misused in Chinese publications need to pay attention. The authors systematically reviewed and checked names of myxomycete species in the previous reports in China. In this paper, the names of 91 myxomycete species are revised in accordance with the current taxonomy principles and latest version of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Shenzhen Code), and the abbreviation of authors of the names are standardized.

Apple ring rot is a devastating disease on apple tree, which severely damages fruits and trunks, and even leads to young tree death. Apple ring spot causes various symptoms such as fruit rot, canker, and warts. Various disease names in Chinese including apple ring rot, apple Botryosphaeria canker, apple fruit ring rot, and apple trunk ring rot have been used; moreover, various Latin scientific names of the pathogen such as Botryosphaeria dothidea, B. berengeriana, B. berengeriana f. sp. pyricola, Fusicoccum aesculi, Macrophoma kuwatsukai, Physalospora pyricola and Guignardia pyricola have been used in literatures. The various disease names in Chinese and pathogen Latin scientific names have generated significant confusions in China. The current review summarizes domestic and international research progresses on the etiology of apple ring rot. We propose that apple ring rot is a complex disease equivalent to white rot reported in Europe and US, with the causing pathogen including B. dothidea and B. kuwatsukai. Thus, it was suggested that “pingguo lunwenbing” should be used as the Chinese disease name, corresponding to “apple ring rot” as the English name. Both B. dothidea and B. kuwatsukai occur commonly in orchards in main apple production regions in China, and great importance should be attached to disease epidemic study and disease resistance breeding.

Phytopathogenic fungi causing plant diseases can induce disaster to ecosystems, food security and agricultural production. With the recent development of fungal taxonomy, a large number of new taxa are proposed. In the latest International Botanical Congresses held in Melbourne and Shenzhen, based on the initiative of “one fungus, one name”, some revisions and supplementations concerning fungal nomenclature have been made to the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. These variations have brought numerous changes in the currently applied names of phytopathogenic fungi. In this list, 590 commonly used names of agricultural phytopathogenic fungi appeared in research papers, monographical works and textbooks in China were selected, involving 370 fungal species belonging to 2 kingdoms, 7 phyla, 15 classes, 47 orders, 84 families and 168 genera. According to the latest nomenclature and taxonomic research progress, the comprehensive check and correction of scientific names, Chinese names, taxonomic status and disease names of these pathogenic fungi are made and provided herein, aiming at providing helpful references for researchers and technicians who are involved with plant pathogenic fungi in China.

China is the largest citrus-producing country in the world, and the citrus industry plays an important role in national agricultural production. Fungal disease is an important factor restricting the benefit of citrus industry. In the past century Chinese phytopathologists and mycologists have been describing and recording a large number of pathogenic fungi on Citrus. However, with the extensive application of molecular phylogeny in the classification and identification of fungi, the taxonomic status and scientific names of some pathogenic fungi have been changed in recent years. In this paper, the species of pathogenic fungi of citrus diseases that have been reported in China are summarized and revised. This list includes 103 pathogenic fungi and 12 pathogenic oomycetes. In addition, five citrus pathogenic fungi listed in entry quarantine list of China are also included. The scientific and Chinese names of pathogenic fungi and disease names are sorted out and revised based on the latest taxonomy system and fungal nomenclature code. This is the latest standardized list of names of citrus pathogenic fungi and diseases found in China for the convenience of researchers and technicians who involved with the control of citrus fungal diseases.