Saprolegnia

Saprolegnia
Saprolegnia on sesame seeds
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Saprolegniales
Family: Saprolegniaceae
Genus: Saprolegnia
Species
  • Saprolegnia aenigmatica
  • Saprolegnia anisospora
  • Saprolegnia anomalies
  • Saprolegnia asterophora
  • Saprolegnia australis
  • Saprolegnia bulbosa
  • Saprolegnia delica
  • Saprolegnia diclina
  • Saprolegnia eccentrica
  • Saprolegnia ferax
  • Saprolegnia cf. ferax
  • Saprolegnia furcata
  • Saprolegnia hypogyna
  • Saprolegnia lapponica
  • Saprolegnia litoralis
  • Saprolegnia longicaulis
  • Saprolegnia megasperma
  • Saprolegnia milanezii
  • Saprolegnia mixta
  • Saprolegnia monilifera
  • Saprolegnia monoica
  • Saprolegnia multispora
  • Saprolegnia oliviae
  • Saprolegnia parasitica
  • Saprolegnia polymorpha
  • Saprolegnia racemosa
  • Saprolegnia salmonis
  • Saprolegnia semihypogyna
  • Saprolegnia subterranea
  • Saprolegnia terrestris
  • Saprolegnia torulosa
  • Saprolegnia truncata
  • Saprolegnia turfosa
  • Saprolegnia unispora

Saprolegnia is a genus of water moulds often called cotton moulds because of the characteristic white or grey fibrous patches they form. Current taxonomy puts Saprolegnia as a genus of the heterokonts in the order Saprolegniales.