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OOMYCOTA Arx, 1967 (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Class OOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi) 112          
Order PERONOSPORALES E. Fisch., 1892 (downy mildews and white rusts) 102 38 68 64 9 247
Order PYTHIALES M.W. Dick, 1984 (damping off and blight fungi) 6       12 39
Order SAPROLEGNIALES E. Fisch., 1892 (water moulds) 4       1 7

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook

General Works

Mycological Research (Mycol. Res.) Journal
Transactions of the British Mycological Society (TBMS) Journal
Fungal Records Database of the British Isles (FRDBI): http://194.203.77.76/fieldmycology/FRDBI/FRDBI.asp Web Site/Page
Holden, L., 2006 Putting Fungi on the map: a new name and outlet for the BMS Fungal Records Database
Holliday, P., 1990 (Species causing plant diseases) A Dictionary of Plant Pathology
Cybertruffle Biodiversity Website: http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk Web Site/Page
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 Fungi

OOMYCOTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
CHROMISTA
(algae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with OOMYCOTA:

Oomycota may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

CHROMISTA
(algae)

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