The first identification of Rhizoctonia was made in 1914 by C. D. Piper, director of the USGA, and the disease was called “Brown Patch”.

Anthracnosis is a fungal disease caused by the fungus Colletotrichum Cereale, which survives on remains of soil organic matter. The most important damages take place on Poa Annua greens and sometimes on Agrostis greens.

Detecting diseases in turfgrass is an arduous and difficult task. The common name of Helminthosporium comes from the old scientific name (Helminthosporium spp). Leaf, collar and root diseases, known as Helminthosporium are nowdays, after some changes in the taxomomy, accepted to be caused by species of fungi from genera Drechslera spp, Curvularia spp, Bipolaris spp y Exserohilum spp.