Basionym Name:Chytridium destruens Nowak., in Cohn, Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 2: 75 (1877)
Homotypic synonyms:Olpidium destruens (Nowak.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3.1(1–8): 182 (1886)