Saprolegniaceae is a
family
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of
freshwater mould.
James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), an American
mycologist
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did significant work on this family.
Taxonomy
Saprolegniaceae contains the following
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
,
species
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, and
subspecies
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.
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Achlya''
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Achlya ambisexualis''
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Achlya americana''
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Achlya androgyna''
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Achlya apiculata''
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Achlya aquatica''
** ''
Achlya bisexualis''
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Achlya bonariensis
''Achlya'' is a genus of oomycete (water mold), in the family Saprolegniaceae. The genus includes several plant pathogens including ''Achlya conspicua'' and ''Achlya klebsiana''. Unlike many other microorganisms, cell expansion is governed by cha ...
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Achlya caroliniana''
** ''
Achlya catenulata''
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Achlya colorata''
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Achlya conspicua''
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Achlya crenulata''
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Achlya debaryana''
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Achlya dubia''
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Achlya flagellata''
** ''
Achlya glomerata''
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Achlya heterosexualis''
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Achlya hypogyna''
** ''
Achlya intricata''
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Achlya klebsiana''
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Achlya oblongata''
** ''
Achlya oligacantha''
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Achlya orion''
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Achlya ornata''
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Achlya oviparvula''
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Achlya papillosa''
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Achlya primoachlya''
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Achlya prolifera''
** ''
Achlya proliferoides''
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Achlya racemosa''
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Achlya radiosa''
** ''
Achlya recurva''
** ''
Achlya rodrigueziana''
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Achlya sparrowii''
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Achlya spiralis''
** ''
Achlya stellata''
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Achlya treleaseana''
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Aplanes''
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Aplanes androgynus''
** ''
Aplanes treleaseanus''
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Aplanopsis''
** ''
Aplanopsis terrestris''
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Brevilegnia''
** ''
Brevilegnia bispora''
** ''
Brevilegnia gracilis''
** ''
Brevilegnia longicaulis''
** ''
Brevilegnia macrospora''
** ''
Brevilegnia megasperma''
** ''
Brevilegnia minutandra''
** ''
Brevilegnia unisperma''
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Brevilegnia unisperma var. delica ''
** ''
Brevilegnia variabilis''
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Calyptralegnia''
** ''
Calyptralegnia achlyoides''
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Dictyuchus''
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Dictyuchus monosporus''
** ''
Dictyuchus pseudodictyon''
** ''
Dictyuchus sterilis''
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Geolegnia''
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Geolegnia helicoides''
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Isoachlya''
** ''
Isoachlya toruloides''
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Newbya''
** ''
Newbya dichotoma''
** ''
Newbya spinosa''
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Phragmosporangium''
** ''
Phragmosporangium uniseriatum''
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Protoachlya''
** ''
Protoachlya paradoxa''
** ''
Protoachlya polysporus''
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Pythiopsis''
** ''
Pythiopsis cymosa''
** ''
Pythiopsis humphreyana''
** ''
Pythiopsis intermedia''
** ''
Pythiopsis irregularis''
** ''
Pythiopsis terrestris''
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Saprolegnia
''Saprolegnia'' is a genus of water moulds often called cotton moulds because of the characteristic white or grey fibrous patches they form. Current taxonomy puts ''Saprolegnia'' as a genus of the heterokonts in the order Saprolegniales.
Habits ...
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** ''
Saprolegnia aenigmatica''
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Saprolegnia anisospora''
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Saprolegnia anomalies''
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Saprolegnia asterophora''
** ''
Saprolegnia australis''
** ''
Saprolegnia bulbosa''
** ''
Saprolegnia delica''
** ''
Saprolegnia diclina''
** ''
Saprolegnia eccentrica''
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Saprolegnia ferax''
** ''
Saprolegnia cf. ferax''
** ''
Saprolegnia furcata''
** ''
Saprolegnia hypogyna''
** ''
Saprolegnia lapponica''
** ''
Saprolegnia litoralis''
** ''
Saprolegnia longicaulis''
** ''
Saprolegnia megasperma''
** ''
Saprolegnia milanezii''
** ''
Saprolegnia mixta''
** ''
Saprolegnia monilifera''
** ''
Saprolegnia monoica''
** ''
Saprolegnia multispora''
** ''
Saprolegnia oliviae''
** ''
Saprolegnia parasitica''
** ''
Saprolegnia polymorpha''
** ''
Saprolegnia racemosa''
** ''
Saprolegnia salmonis''
** ''
Saprolegnia semihypogyna''
** ''
Saprolegnia subterranea''
** ''
Saprolegnia terrestris''
** ''
Saprolegnia torulosa''
** ''
Saprolegnia truncata''
** ''
Saprolegnia turfosa''
** ''
Saprolegnia unispora''
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Scoliolegnia''
** ''
Scoliolegnia asterophora''
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Sommerstorffia''
Arnaudov 1923
* ''
Sommerstorffia spinosa''
Arnaudov
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Thraustotheca''
** ''
Thraustotheca clavata''
** ''
Thraustotheca terrestris''
References
Oomycete families
Saprolegniales
Taxa described in 1884
Taxa named by Friedrich Traugott Kützing
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