A New Species of Pythium with Spiny Oogonia

1 March 1969

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia

Vol. 61 (2) , 387-391
https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.1969.12018740

Abstract

SUMMARY Oogonia of Pythium prolatum n. sp. possess heavy, conical, crowded spines which vary from 4 to 8 μ in length. The oogonia exclusive of spines average 27 μ in diam, and the aplerotic oospores average 25 Sporangia are large, often greatly elongated, occasionally proliferous, and discharge zoospores through terminal, simple or twisted, evacuation tubes.

Keywords

PYTHIUM
SUMMARY OOGONIA
SPINY
EVACUATION
CROWDED
APLEROTIC
ELONGATED
TERMINAL

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The Root Rot-Fusarium Wilt Complex of Peas
Australian Journal of Biological Sciences, 1963
A Pythium with Stout Oogonial Spines and Coiled Antheridial Branches
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1950