phytophthora

English Thesaurus

1. destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	phytophthora citrophthora,
definition	:	causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	phytophthora infestans,
definition	:	fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes (noun.plant)

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