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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931

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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931

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Exotic
Present
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon

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V.D. Matthews
V.D. Matthews
Matthews, V.D. (ed) 1931: Studies on the Genus Pythium.
1931
45
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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
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Pythium inflatum

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Chromista
Oomycota
Oomycetes
Peronosporales
Pythiaceae
Pythium
inflatum

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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 inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on corn meal agar submerged with a radiate pattern, no aerial mycelium, main hyphae up to 4 μm wide. Sporangia filamentous, inflated, forming lobulate complexes, up to 150 μm wide. Oogonia terminal or intercalary, globose, 20–24 μm in diameter, smooth. Antheridia 1–2 per oogonium, diclinous. Oospores plerotic or nearly so, 19–24 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Bay of Plenty.; 1st Record: Robertson (1973a).
Significance: None. Infrequently isolated from diseased roots (Robertson 1973a).; Host(s): Dodonaea viscosa.

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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Matthews, V.D. (1931)
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Robertson, G.I. (1973)
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews (1931)
Robertson, G.I. (1980)

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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
New Zealand
Auckland
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Pythium inflatum V.D. Matthews 1931
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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1cb1a10b-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
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3 March 2000
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