HyperDic: genus_saprolegnia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Saprolegnia:
NOUNplantgenus Saprolegnia, Saprolegniaaquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
English > genus Saprolegnia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningaquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains.
SynonymSaprolegnia
Member ofSaprolegniales, order SaprolegnialesOrder of chiefly aquatic fungi
Memberswater moldParasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
white fungus, Saprolegnia feraxA fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgenus saprolegnia, saprolegnia
Catalangenus saprolegnia, saprolegnia

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