| Olpidium brassicae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes |
| Subclass: | Incertae sedis |
| Order: | Incertae sedis |
| Family: | Olpidiaceae |
| Genus: | Olpidium |
| Species: | O. brassicae |
| Binomial name | |
| Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893) |
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Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada.[1]