Definition of Order Saprolegniales

1. Noun. Order of chiefly aquatic fungi.

Exact synonyms: Saprolegniales
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Group relationships: Class Oomycetes, Oomycetes
Member holonyms: Genus Saprolegnia, Saprolegnia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Saprolegniales

order Ranales
order Ranunculales
order Raptores
order Rhamnales
order Rheiformes
order Rhoeadales
order Rhynchocephalia
order Rickettsiales
order Rodentia
order Rosales
order Rubiales
order Salicales
order Salientia
order Santalales
order Sapindales
order Saprolegniales (current term)
order Sarcosporidia
order Sarraceniales
order Saurischia
order Sauropterygia
order Scandentia
order Sclerodermatales
order Scleroparei
order Scorpionida
order Scrophulariales
order Secotiales
order Selaginellales
order Siluriformes
order Siphonaptera
order Siphonophora

Literary usage of Order Saprolegniales

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

1. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"The order Saprolegniales contains mostly aquatic moulds which live on dead flies, dead fish, or quite commonly attack living aquatic animals, commonly young ..."

2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"... conidiophores with conidia still attached : also draw several of the conidia. Describe. XXVI. Saprolegnia Sp. Class, Oomycetes. Order. Saprolegniales. ..."

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