
false rusts
Synchytrium
Synchytrium is a large genus of plant pathogens within the phylum Chytridiomycota. Species are commonly known as false rust or wart disease. Approximately 200 species are described, and all are obligate parasites of angiosperms, ferns, or mosses. Early species were mistakenly classified among the higher fungi (Ascomycota or Basidiomycota) because of their superficial similarity to the rust fungi. Anton de Bary and Mikhail S. Woronin recognized the true nature of these fungi and established the genus...
46 branches of this genus, most-observed first

stork's-bill chytrid
speciesSynchytrium papillatum

Synchytrium taraxaci
speciesSynchytrium taraxaci

hog-peanut false rust
speciesSynchytrium decipiens
Synchytrium geranii
speciesSynchytrium geranii

Synchytrium australe
speciesSynchytrium australe

Synchytrium anemones
speciesSynchytrium anemones

borage chytrid
speciesSynchytrium myosotidis

Synchytrium aureum
speciesSynchytrium aureum

Synchytrium limosellae
speciesSynchytrium limosellae

Synchytrium hydrocotyles
speciesSynchytrium hydrocotyles

Synchytrium minutum
speciesSynchytrium minutum

Synchytrium puerariae
speciesSynchytrium puerariae

Synchytrium mercurialis
speciesSynchytrium mercurialis

Synchytrium epilobii
speciesSynchytrium epilobii

Synchytrium stellariae
speciesSynchytrium stellariae

Synchytrium laetum
speciesSynchytrium laetum

Synchytrium globosum
speciesSynchytrium globosum

Synchytrium salviae
speciesSynchytrium salviae

Synchytrium succisae
speciesSynchytrium succisae

Synchytrium anomalum
speciesSynchytrium anomalum
Synchytrium endobioticum
speciesSynchytrium endobioticum

Synchytrium erieum
speciesSynchytrium erieum
Synchytrium hypochaeridis
speciesSynchytrium hypochaeridis

Synchytrium psophocarpi
speciesSynchytrium psophocarpi

Synchytrium perforatum
speciesSynchytrium perforatum

Synchytrium fulgens
speciesSynchytrium fulgens
Synchytrium leontodontis
speciesSynchytrium leontodontis
Synchytrium macrosporum
speciesSynchytrium macrosporum
Synchytrium alpinum
speciesSynchytrium alpinum
Synchytrium plantagineum
speciesSynchytrium plantagineum
Synchytrium trichophilum
speciesSynchytrium trichophilum

Synchytrium shawii
speciesSynchytrium shawii
Synchytrium cotulae
speciesSynchytrium cotulae

Synchytrium tillaeae
speciesSynchytrium tillaeae

Synchytrium lacunosum
speciesSynchytrium lacunosum

Synchytrium lepidii
speciesSynchytrium lepidii
Synchytrium liquidambaris
speciesSynchytrium liquidambaris
Synchytrium dolichi
speciesSynchytrium dolichi
Synchytrium linderniae
speciesSynchytrium linderniae
Synchytrium spirogyrae
speciesSynchytrium spirogyrae
Synchytrium sanguineum
speciesSynchytrium sanguineum
Synchytrium melicopidis
speciesSynchytrium melicopidis
Synchytrium cupulatum
speciesSynchytrium cupulatum
Synchytrium solstitiale
speciesSynchytrium solstitiale
Synchytrium gangeticum
speciesSynchytrium gangeticum
Synchytrium eremocarpi
speciesSynchytrium eremocarpi
Where it lives
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