Synchytrium

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Synchytrium
Synchytrium (prob. S. papillatum) infection of Erodium cicutarium at Lookout Mountain, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Order: Chytridiales
Family: Synchytriaceae
Genus: Synchytrium
de Bary and Woronin, 1863
Species

Synchytrium is a chytrid fungus genus in the family Synchytriaceae. Species in the genus are parasites of vascular plants. One species, Synchytrium endobioticum, is responsible for the potato wart disease in potatoes.

References

    Externam links

    Synchytrium at the Encyclopedia of Life

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