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

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Class 81 subtaxa 437 images 116 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, G.C., Sparrow, F.K. & Sussman, A.S. (eds) 1973 *** The Fungi, An Advanced Treatise: Volume IVB, a taxonomic review with keys: myxomycetes, phycomycetes, basidiomycetes and lower fungi ***(Superseded) xxii+504pp, Academic Press
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl

Plant Galls

() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Plant Pathology

() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C. 1959 British Parasitic Fungi 430pp, Cambridge University Press

OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 842 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
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