genus pythium

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1. destructive root-parasitic fungi (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	pythium,
definition	:	any fungus of the genus Pythium (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family pythiaceae, pythiaceae,
definition	:	fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores (noun.plant)