Saprolegniaceae

Saprolegniaceae
Saprolegnia on sesame seeds
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Clade:	Pseudofungi
Phylum:	Oomycota
Class:	Oomycetes
Order:	Saprolegniales
Family:	Saprolegniaceae Kütz. ex Warm., 1884
Genera
Achlya Aplanes Aplanopsis Brevilegnia Calyptralegnia Dictyuchus Geolegnia Isoachlya Newbya Phragmosporangium Protoachlya Pythiopsis Saprolegnia Scoliolegnia Thraustotheca

Saprolegniaceae is a family of freshwater mould. James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), an American mycologist did significant work on this family.

Taxonomy

Saprolegniaceae contains the following genera, species, and subspecies. ^[1]

• Achlya
  • Achlya ambisexualis
  • Achlya americana
  • Achlya androgyna
  • Achlya apiculata
  • Achlya aquatica
  • Achlya bisexualis
  • Achlya bonariensis
  • Achlya caroliniana
  • Achlya catenulata
  • Achlya colorata
  • Achlya conspicua
  • Achlya crenulata
  • Achlya debaryana
  • Achlya dubia
  • Achlya flagellata
  • Achlya glomerata
  • Achlya heterosexualis
  • Achlya hypogyna
  • Achlya intricata
  • Achlya klebsiana
  • Achlya oblongata
  • Achlya oligacantha
  • Achlya orion
  • Achlya ornata
  • Achlya oviparvula
  • Achlya papillosa
  • Achlya primoachlya
  • Achlya prolifera
  • Achlya proliferoides
  • Achlya racemosa
  • Achlya radiosa
  • Achlya recurva
  • Achlya rodrigueziana
  • Achlya sparrowii
  • Achlya spiralis
  • Achlya stellata
  • Achlya treleaseana
• Aplanes
  • Aplanes androgynus
  • Aplanes treleaseanus
• Aplanopsis
  • Aplanopsis terrestris
• Brevilegnia
  • Brevilegnia bispora
  • Brevilegnia gracilis
  • Brevilegnia longicaulis
  • Brevilegnia macrospora
  • Brevilegnia megasperma
  • Brevilegnia minutandra
  • Brevilegnia unisperma
    • Brevilegnia unisperma var. delica
  • Brevilegnia variabilis
• Calyptralegnia
  • Calyptralegnia achlyoides
• Dictyuchus
  • Dictyuchus monosporus
  • Dictyuchus pseudodictyon
  • Dictyuchus sterilis
• Geolegnia
  • Geolegnia helicoides
• Isoachlya
  • Isoachlya toruloides
• Newbya
  • Newbya dichotoma
  • Newbya spinosa
• Phragmosporangium
  • Phragmosporangium uniseriatum
• Protoachlya
  • Protoachlya paradoxa
  • Protoachlya polysporus
• Pythiopsis
  • Pythiopsis cymosa
  • Pythiopsis humphreyana
  • Pythiopsis intermedia
  • Pythiopsis irregularis
  • Pythiopsis terrestris
• Saprolegnia
  • Saprolegnia aenigmatica
  • Saprolegnia anisospora
  • Saprolegnia anomalies
  • Saprolegnia asterophora
  • Saprolegnia australis
  • Saprolegnia bulbosa
  • Saprolegnia delica
  • Saprolegnia diclina
  • Saprolegnia eccentrica
  • Saprolegnia ferax
  • Saprolegnia cf. ferax
  • Saprolegnia furcata
  • Saprolegnia hypogyna
  • Saprolegnia lapponica
  • Saprolegnia litoralis
  • Saprolegnia longicaulis
  • Saprolegnia megasperma
  • Saprolegnia milanezii
  • Saprolegnia mixta
  • Saprolegnia monilifera
  • Saprolegnia monoica
  • Saprolegnia multispora
  • Saprolegnia oliviae
  • Saprolegnia parasitica
  • Saprolegnia polymorpha
  • Saprolegnia racemosa
  • Saprolegnia salmonis
  • Saprolegnia semihypogyna
  • Saprolegnia subterranea
  • Saprolegnia terrestris
  • Saprolegnia torulosa
  • Saprolegnia truncata
  • Saprolegnia turfosa
  • Saprolegnia unispora
• Scoliolegnia
  • Scoliolegnia asterophora
• Sommerstorffia Arnaudov 1923
• Sommerstorffia spinosa Arnaudov ^[2]
• Thraustotheca
  • Thraustotheca clavata
  • Thraustotheca terrestris

References

1. "Saprolegniaceae". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. "Sommerstorffia spinosa Arnaudov, - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 October 2022.