Definition of Saprolegnia

1. Noun. Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains.

Exact synonyms: Genus Saprolegnia
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Order Saprolegniales, Saprolegniales
Member holonyms: Saprolegnia Ferax, White Fungus, Water Mold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprolegnia

Saponaria
Saponaria officinalis
Saponaria vaccaria
Sapotaceae
Sappey
Sappey's fibres
Sappey's plexus
Sappey's veins
Sapphic ode
Sapphick
Sapphire
Sappho
Sapporo
Saprolegnia
Saprolegnia ferax
Saprolegniales
Sapsago
Sapta Sindhu
Saqqaq
Saqqara
Saqqarah
Sar
Sar.
Sara
Sara Teasdale
Sarabaite
Sarabaites
Sarabeth

Literary usage of Saprolegnia

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

1. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
""The distinguishing mark of saprolegnia," says de Bary,1 "is that the spores are in the motile state as they issue from the sporangium, and that the branch ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"BOTANICAL GAZETTE APRIL, 1903 OOGENESIS IN saprolegnia. ... (WITH PLATES IX AND x) ALTHOUGH saprolegnia is a form of considerable interest in connection ..."

3. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"saprolegnia (WATER MOLD) A. Classification: Division I. ... saprolegnia. Species. sp. (ie, not given). B. Habitat: i. The spores of this fungus are widely ..."

4. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"ACHLYA AND saprolegnia. ... to any representative of this group a sexual reproduction, basing his conclusions chiefly upon a study of saprolegnia monoica. ..."

5. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"ACHLYA AND saprolegnia. ... to any representative of this group a sexual reproduction, basing his conclusions chiefly upon a study of saprolegnia monoica. ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"By rubbing the fish with saprolegnia thus grown he was able to produce the growth of saprolegnia on a number of the fish, which eventually died. ..."

7. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"XXXII ON saprolegnia IN RELATION TO THE SALMON DISEASE. Extracted from the Twenty-first Annual Report of ..."

8. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"XXXII ON saprolegnia IN RELATION TO THE SALMON DISEASE. Extracted from the Twenty-first Annual Report of HM's Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries. ..."

9. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
""The distinguishing mark of saprolegnia," says de Bary,1 "is that the spores are in the motile state as they issue from the sporangium, and that the branch ..."

10. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"BOTANICAL GAZETTE APRIL, 1903 OOGENESIS IN saprolegnia. ... (WITH PLATES IX AND x) ALTHOUGH saprolegnia is a form of considerable interest in connection ..."

11. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"saprolegnia (WATER MOLD) A. Classification: Division I. ... saprolegnia. Species. sp. (ie, not given). B. Habitat: i. The spores of this fungus are widely ..."

12. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"ACHLYA AND saprolegnia. ... to any representative of this group a sexual reproduction, basing his conclusions chiefly upon a study of saprolegnia monoica. ..."

13. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"ACHLYA AND saprolegnia. ... to any representative of this group a sexual reproduction, basing his conclusions chiefly upon a study of saprolegnia monoica. ..."

14. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"By rubbing the fish with saprolegnia thus grown he was able to produce the growth of saprolegnia on a number of the fish, which eventually died. ..."

15. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"XXXII ON saprolegnia IN RELATION TO THE SALMON DISEASE. Extracted from the Twenty-first Annual Report of ..."

16. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"XXXII ON saprolegnia IN RELATION TO THE SALMON DISEASE. Extracted from the Twenty-first Annual Report of HM's Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries. ..."

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