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Saprolegnia

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Noun1.Saprolegnia - aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
genus Saprolegnia
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
order Saprolegniales, Saprolegniales - order of chiefly aquatic fungi
Saprolegnia ferax, white fungus - a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
water mold - parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil
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