Definition of Pythiaceae

1. Noun. Fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores.

Exact synonyms: Family Pythiaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Peronosporales, Peronosporales
Member holonyms: Genus Pythium, Genus Phytophthora, Phytophthora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pythiaceae

Pyrus
Pyrus communis
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pythagoras
Pythagorean
Pythagorean theorem
Pythagorean triple
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreans
Pythagorism
Pythagorize
Pythagorized
Pythagorizes
Pythagorizing
Pythia
Pythiaceae (current term)
Pythian
Pythian Apollo
Pythian Games
Pythias
Pythium debaryanum
Pythius
Python
Python molurus
Python reticulatus
Python sebae
Python variegatus
Pythonesque
Pythoness
Pythonesses

Literary usage of Pythiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The latter are sometimes wanting; moreover, when present there are cases (certain aquatic forms) where they are apparently functionless. Pythiaceae. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The latter are sometimes wanting; moreover, when present there are cases (certain aquatic forms) where they are apparently functionless. Pythiaceae. ..."

3. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The latter are sometimes wanting; moreover, when present there are cases (certain aquatic forms) where they are apparently functionless. Pythiaceae. ..."

4. The Fungi which Cause Plant Disease by Frank Lincoln Stevens (1913)
"Pythiaceae, p. ... Pythiaceae I33 This family shows affinity with both the Peronosporales and the ..."

5. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The latter are sometimes wanting; moreover, when present there are cases (certain aquatic forms) where they are apparently functionless. Pythiaceae. ..."

6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"... it may be placed provisionally among the Pythiaceae; the only alternative being apparently the erection of a special family for its reception. ..."

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