Pythiaceae
Pythiaceae is a family of water moulds. The family includes plant pathogenic fungus-like organisms in the genus Phytophthora; as well as serious plant and animal pathogens in the genus Pythium. The family was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1893.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pythium
genusPythium
Lagenidium
genusLagenidium
Globisporangium
genusGlobisporangium
Myzocytium
genusMyzocytium
Trachysphaera
genusTrachysphaera
Diasporangium
genusDiasporangium
Cystosiphon
genusCystosiphon
Pythiogeton
genusPythiogeton
Elongisporangium
genusElongisporangium
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 336953.