Phytophthora psychrophila

Phytophthora psychrophila
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Clade: Pseudofungi
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Peronosporaceae
Genus: Phytophthora
Species:
P. psychrophila
Binomial name
Phytophthora psychrophila
Jung et al., (2002)

Phytophthora psychrophila is a semi-papillate plant pathogen that mainly infects European oak.[1] It differs from other species of the genus (like P. ilicis) by its sympodially branched primary hyphae, the high variation in size and shape of the sporangia and shorter pedicels.

References

  1. ^ Jung, Thomas; Hansen, Everett M.; Winton, Lori; Oswald, Wolfgang; Delatour, Claude (2002). "Three new species of Phytophthora from European oak forests". Mycological Research. 106 (4): 397–411. doi:10.1017/S0953756202005622. ISSN 0953-7562.

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