Cotton Moulds
Saprolegnia
Saprolegnia is a genus of water moulds often called "cotton moulds" because of the characteristic white or grey fibrous patches they form. Current taxonomy puts Saprolegnia as a genus of the heterokonts in the order Saprolegniales.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Saprolegnia parasitica
speciesSaprolegnia parasitica
Saprolegnia ferax
speciesSaprolegnia ferax
Saprolegnia australis
speciesSaprolegnia australis
Saprolegnia uliginosa
speciesSaprolegnia uliginosa
Saprolegnia terrestris
speciesSaprolegnia terrestris
Saprolegnia litoralis
speciesSaprolegnia litoralis
Saprolegnia hypogyna
speciesSaprolegnia hypogyna
Saprolegnia delica
speciesSaprolegnia delica
Saprolegnia diclina
speciesSaprolegnia diclina
Saprolegnia anisospora
speciesSaprolegnia anisospora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196481.