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Physoderma
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Physoderma

Wallr. (1833)
Type species
Physoderma maculare (1833)
Wallr. (1833)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Physoderma is a genus of chytrid fungi. Described by German botanist Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth in 1833, the genus contains some species that are parasitic on vascular plants, including P. alfalfae and P. maydis, causative agents of crown wart of alfalfa and brown spot of corn, respectively.[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Wallroth KFW. (1833). Flora Cryptogamica Germaniae (in German). Vol. 2. Nürnberg, Germany: J.L. Schrag. p. 192.
  2. ^ "Synonymy: Physoderma Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Norimbergae) 2: 192 (1833)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  3. ^ Schaechter M. (2011). Eukaryotic Microbes. Academic Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-12-383877-3.

Physoderma in Index Fungorum