Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Pythium splendens

Pythium splendens Hans Braun, 1925

parasite

Film over the roots. Spores at the tip of the hyphae, smooth, thin-walled, ø 22-49 µm, germinating with 1-6 hyphae.

host plants

polyphagous

Anthurium; Nicotiana; Pelargonium; Peperomia.

synonyms

Globisporangium splendens (Hans Braun) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish.,2010.

references

Brandenburger (1985a: 165).

Last modified 17.xii.2022