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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960

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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Globisporangium middletonii (Sparrow) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish. 2010

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Sparrow
Sparrow
Sparrow, F.K. 1960: Aquatic Phycomycetes. University of Michigan Press.
1960
1038
replacement, replacement name
ICN
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium proliferum de Bary 1860
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Pythium middletonii

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Chromista
Oomycota
Oomycetes
Peronosporales
Pythiaceae
Pythium
middletonii

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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 middletonii Sparrow 1960

Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on corn meal agar submerged, no aerial mycelium, main hyphae up to 8 μm wide. Sporangia proliferating internally, subglobose to ellipsoidal, 25–42 × 22–37 μm, with distinct apical papilla. Oogonia mostly intercalary, 20–24 μm in diameter, smooth. Antheridia monoclinous, stalked or sessile, both diclinous and hypogynous. Oospores plerotic, 19–21 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Auckland, Waikato.; 1st Record: Robertson (1973a).
Significance: None. Infrequently isolated from diseased roots (Robertson 1973a).; Host(s): Cytisus scoparius, Rosa multiflora.

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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Pennycook, S.R. (1989)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Plaats-Niterink, AJ. van der (1981)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Robertson, G.I. (1973)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Robertson, G.I. (1980)
Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Pythium middletonii Sparrow (1960)
Sparrow, F.K. (1960)

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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
Cook Islands
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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
New Zealand
Auckland
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Pythium middletonii Sparrow 1960
New Zealand
Waikato
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