
downy mildews
Peronosporaceae
Peronosporaceae are a family of water moulds that contains 17 genera, comprising more than 600 species. Most of them are called downy mildews. The closest relative of Peronosporaceae is Phytophthora.
22 branches of this family, most-observed first

Peronospora
genusPeronospora

Phytophthora
genusPhytophthora

Plasmopara
genusPlasmopara

Hyaloperonospora
genusHyaloperonospora

Bremia
genusBremia

Plasmoverna
genusPlasmoverna

Pseudoperonospora
genusPseudoperonospora

Basidiophora
genusBasidiophora

Paraperonospora
genusParaperonospora

Perofascia
genusPerofascia

Sclerospora
genusSclerospora

Sclerophthora
genusSclerophthora

Phytopythium
genusPhytopythium

Benua
genusBenua

Protobremia
genusProtobremia
Novotelnova
genusNovotelnova
Graminivora
genusGraminivora
Viennotia
genusViennotia
Peronosclerospora
genusPeronosclerospora
Baobabopsis
genusBaobabopsis
Poakatesthia
genusPoakatesthia
Halophytophthora
genusHalophytophthora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 52598.