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Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953

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Pythium aquatile Höhnk, Veröff. Inst. Meeresf. Bremerhaven 2 94 (1953)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953

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Exotic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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Höhnk
Höhnk
Höhnk, J.W.G. 1953: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 2
1953
94
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Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
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Pythium aquatile

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Chromista
Oomycota
Oomycetes
Peronosporales
Pythiaceae
Pythium
aquatile

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Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on corn meal agar submerged with a rosette pattern, no aerial mycelium, main hyphae up to 6 μm wide. Sporangia filamentous, similar to vegetative hyphae, 250 μm in length. Oogonia terminal or intercalary, globose, 17–22 μm in diameter, smooth. Antheridia one, rarely two per oogonium, monoclinous. Oospores aplerotic, 15–21 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Wellington.
Significance: Minor. Infrequently isolated from diseased roots (Robertson 1973a) and shown to be mildly pathogenic (Robertson 1973b).; Host(s): Chamaecyparis sp., Cyphomandra betacea, Eucalyptus sp., Hebe sp., Prunus tomentosa, Pseudopanax sp., Thryptomene calycina.

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Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Höhnk, J.W.G. (1953)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Robertson, G.I. (1973)
Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
Pythium aquatile Höhnk (1953)
Robertson, G.I. (1980)

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Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
New Zealand
Auckland
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Pythium aquatile Höhnk 1953
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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3 March 2000
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