Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


Pythium diseases
Pythium spp. Pringsh.

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Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series
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1402006

Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series
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Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series
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Pythium diseases
Pythium spp.
Symptoms
USDA Forest Service - Northern and Intermountain Region


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Oomycota
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Peronosporales
Family: Pythiaceae
Genus: Pythium


Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
cottony leak, damping off, root rot, Pythium leaf rot, Pythium root and stem rot, Pythium blight


References

Common Name Reference: VEG_DISTURBANCE_AGENTS table of the FSVeg Field Sampled Vegetation Data Dictionary version 1.3, dated March 12, 1999.
Scientific Name Reference: P.W. Crous, W. Gams, J.A. Stalpers, V. Robert and G. Stegehuis. 2004. MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century. Studies in Mycology 50: 19–22