HyperDic: saprolegnia_ferax

English > 1 sense of the expression Saprolegnia ferax:
NOUNplantSaprolegnia ferax, white fungusa fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease
English > Saprolegnia ferax: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins).
Synonymwhite fungus
Member ofSaprolegnia, genus Saprolegniaaquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
BroaderfungusAn organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

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