Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
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Pythium splendens Hans Braun, J. Agric. Res. 30 1061 (1925)
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Hans Braun
Hans Braun
1925
1061
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Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
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Pythium splendens
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Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
Type: Radicicolous Fungi; Description: Colonies on corn meal agar cottony, with abundant aerial mycelium, main hyphae up to 9 μm wide. Sporangia (so designated by Robertson (1980), but termed ‘hyphal swellings’ by Plaats-Niterink (1981)) terminal, globose to subglobose, 25–45 tm in diameter. Oogonia formed in dual cultures of compatible isolates, terminal or intercalary, globose, 27–32 μm in diameter. Antheridia 1–8 per oogonium, diclinous, antheridial stalks often encircling the oogonium. Oospores aplerotic, 22–28 μm in diameter.
Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: Robertson (1973a).
Significance: None. Infrequently isolated from diseased roots (Robertson 1973a).; Host(s): Aphelandra squarrosa, Aralia sp., Eucalyptus cinerea, Fatsia japonica, Hedera sp., Luculia gratissima, Nerium oleander.
Taxonomic concepts
Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
Pythium splendens Hans Braun (1925)
Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
Pythium splendens Hans Braun (1925)
Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
Pythium splendens Hans Braun 1925
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17 November 2013