Saprolegniaceae

Saprolegniaceae
Saprolegnia on sesame seeds
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Class: Oomycetes
Order: Saprolegniales
Family: Saprolegniaceae
Kütz. ex Warm., 1884
Genera
  • Achlya
  • Aplanes
  • Aplanopsis
  • Brevilegnia
  • Calyptralegnia
  • Dictyuchus
  • Geolegnia
  • Isoachlya
  • Newbya
  • Phragmosporangium
  • Protoachlya
  • Pythiopsis
  • Saprolegnia
  • Scoliolegnia
  • Thraustotheca

Saprolegniaceae is a family of freshwater mould. James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), an American mycologist did significant work on this family.