Overview
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Saprolegniaceae is a of freshwater mould.
Taxonomy
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The Family Saprolegniaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (20): Achlya · Aplanes · Aplanopsis · Brevilegnia · Calyptralegnia · Cladolegnia · Couchia · Dictyuchus · Diplanes · Hamidia · Hydatinophagus · Isoachlya · Jaraia · Newbya · Protoachlya · Pythiopsis · Saprolegnia · Scoliolegnia · Sommerstorffia · Thraustotheca
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 139 species and subspecies in the Family Saprolegniaceae.
Genera
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Achlya
A Genus in the Kingdom Chromista. [more]
Aplanes
Aplanopsis
Brevilegnia
Calyptralegnia
Cladolegnia
Couchia
Dictyuchus
Diplanes
Hamidia
Hydatinophagus
Isoachlya
Jaraia
Newbya
Protoachlya
Pythiopsis
Saprolegnia
Saprolegnia is a genus of . It is often called a "cotton mould" because of the characteristic white or grey fibrous patches it forms. [more]
Scoliolegnia
Sommerstorffia
Thraustotheca
At least 7 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Thraustotheca.
More info about the Genus Thraustotheca may be found here.
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