Olpidium

Olpidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Olpidiales
Family: Olpidiaceae
Genus: Olpidium
(A.Braun) J.Schröt.
Type species
Olpidium endogenum
(A. Br.) Schroet.
Synonyms
  • Chytridium (Olpidium) Braun 1856
  • Asterocystis de Wildeman 1893 non Gobi 1879
  • Cyphidium Magnus 1875
  • Diplochytridium Karling 1971
  • Diplochytrium Tomaschek 1878
  • Endolpidium de Wildeman 1894
  • Olpidiaster Pascher 1917 non Saccas 1954
  • Olpidiella Lagerheim 1888

Olpidium is a fungal genus in the family Olpidiaceae. Members of Olpidium are zoosporic pathogens of plants, animals, fungi, and oomycetes.

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