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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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CHROMISTA (algae) |
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OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi) |
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OOMYCETES (a group of mainly plant-parasitic "fungi") |
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Oomycetes is also a member of: |
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Micromycetes (via Oomycota) |
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Lower Plants (via Fungi sl.) |
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
OOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (a group of mainly plant-parasitic "fungi")
| Notes (MWS) | The Oomycetes are commonly studied by mycologists, but are not true fungi, being more closely related to algae. |
| Diagnostic features | Oomycetes can usually be readily distinguished from true fungi. In cases of doubt, under the microscope Oomycetes are mostly non-staining in Cotton Blue whereas true fungi generally stain strongly. |
Subtaxa
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| Order | PERONOSPORALES E. Fisch., 1892 (downy mildews and white rusts) | 31 | ||||
| Family | ALBUGINACEAE J. Schröt., 1893 (white rusts) | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Family | PERONOSPORACEAE Warm., 1884 (downy mildews) | 26 | 79 | 95 | 92 | 29 |
| Order | PYTHIALES M.W. Dick, 1984 (damping off and blight fungi) | 11 | ||||
| Family | PYTHIACEAE J. Schröt., 1893 (damping off and blight fungi) | 11 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 46 |
| Order | SAPROLEGNIALES E. Fisch., 1892 (water moulds) | 4 | ||||
| Family | SAPROLEGNIACEAE Kütz. ex Warm., 1884 (water moulds) | 4 | 8 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Fitzpatrick, H.M., 1930 | The Lower Fungi: Phycomycetes |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 35 general literature references to OOMYCETES (a group of mainly plant-parasitic "fungi")
OOMYCETES may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
CHROMISTA (algae) |
OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi) |
| Fungi sl. |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 704 feeding and other relationships of OOMYCETES (a group of mainly plant-parasitic "fungi")
