Saprolegniaceae Explained

Saprolegniaceae is a family of freshwater mould. James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), an American mycologist did significant work on this family.

Taxonomy

Saprolegniaceae contains the following genera, species, and subspecies.^[1]

Achlya
- Achlya ambisexualis
- Achlya americana
- Achlya androgyna
- Achlya apiculata
- Achlya aquatica
- Achlya bisexualis
- Achlya bonariensis
- Achlya caroliniana
- Achlya catenulata
- Achlya colorata
- Achlya conspicua
- Achlya crenulata
- Achlya debaryana
- Achlya dubia
- Achlya flagellata
- Achlya glomerata
- Achlya heterosexualis
- Achlya hypogyna
- Achlya intricata
- Achlya klebsiana
- Achlya oblongata
- Achlya oligacantha
- Achlya orion
- Achlya ornata
- Achlya oviparvula
- Achlya papillosa
- Achlya primoachlya
- Achlya prolifera
- Achlya proliferoides
- Achlya racemosa
- Achlya radiosa
- Achlya recurva
- Achlya rodrigueziana
- Achlya sparrowii
- Achlya spiralis
- Achlya stellata
- Achlya treleaseana
Aplanes
- Aplanes androgynus
- Aplanes treleaseanus
Aplanopsis
- Aplanopsis terrestris
Brevilegnia
- Brevilegnia bispora
- Brevilegnia gracilis
- Brevilegnia longicaulis
- Brevilegnia macrospora
- Brevilegnia megasperma
- Brevilegnia minutandra
- Brevilegnia unisperma
  - Brevilegnia unisperma var. delica
- Brevilegnia variabilis
Calyptralegnia
- Calyptralegnia achlyoides
Dictyuchus
- Dictyuchus monosporus
- Dictyuchus pseudodictyon
- Dictyuchus sterilis
Geolegnia
- Geolegnia helicoides
Isoachlya
- Isoachlya toruloides
Newbya
- Newbya dichotoma
- Newbya spinosa
Phragmosporangium
- Phragmosporangium uniseriatum
Protoachlya
- Protoachlya paradoxa
- Protoachlya polysporus
Pythiopsis
- Pythiopsis cymosa
- Pythiopsis humphreyana
- Pythiopsis intermedia
- Pythiopsis irregularis
- Pythiopsis terrestris
Saprolegnia
- Saprolegnia aenigmatica
- Saprolegnia anisospora
- Saprolegnia anomalies
- Saprolegnia asterophora
- Saprolegnia australis
- Saprolegnia bulbosa
- Saprolegnia delica
- Saprolegnia diclina
- Saprolegnia eccentrica
- Saprolegnia ferax
- Saprolegnia cf. ferax
- Saprolegnia furcata
- Saprolegnia hypogyna
- Saprolegnia lapponica
- Saprolegnia litoralis
- Saprolegnia longicaulis
- Saprolegnia megasperma
- Saprolegnia milanezii
- Saprolegnia mixta
- Saprolegnia monilifera
- Saprolegnia monoica
- Saprolegnia multispora
- Saprolegnia oliviae
- Saprolegnia parasitica
- Saprolegnia polymorpha
- Saprolegnia racemosa
- Saprolegnia salmonis
- Saprolegnia semihypogyna
- Saprolegnia subterranea
- Saprolegnia terrestris
- Saprolegnia torulosa
- Saprolegnia truncata
- Saprolegnia turfosa
- Saprolegnia unispora
Scoliolegnia
- Scoliolegnia asterophora
Sommerstorffia Arnaudov 1923
Sommerstorffia spinosa Arnaudov^[2]
Thraustotheca
- Thraustotheca clavata
- Thraustotheca terrestris

Notes and References

Web site: . Saprolegniaceae. NCBI taxonomy. National Center for Biotechnology Information. 1 April 2018. Bethesda, MD. English.
Web site: Sommerstorffia spinosa Arnaudov, - GSD Species . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 31 October 2022.