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genus Phytophthora

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Noun1.genus Phytophthora - destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
Phytophthora
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
family Pythiaceae, Pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
Phytophthora citrophthora - causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
Phytophthora infestans - fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes


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The genus Phytophthora includes, besides the species that attacks potatoes, one that has alarmed the West Coast with sudden oak death (SN: 8/5/00, p.
Microbial suspect named in beech deaths. (Bleeding Trees) by Milius, S. / Science News
Though most reports call it a new and yet-unnamed fungal species in the genus Phytophthora (fy-tof-thor-a), it isn't--quite.
Sudden Death Looms for Oaks by Woodsen, Mary M. / American Forests
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