Olpidium brassicae

Olpidium brassicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Olpidiales
Family: Olpidiaceae
Genus: Olpidium
Species:
O. brassicae
Binomial name
Olpidium brassicae
(Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886)
Synonyms

Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893)
Chytridium brassicae Woronin, (1878)
Olpidiaster radicis (De Wild.) Pascher
Pleotrachelus brassicae (Woronin) Sahtiy., (1962)

Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. 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.

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