Phylum:Oomycota >> Class: Oomycetes >>  Order: Saprolegniales 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Geolegnia inflata
 
   
   
 Author:

Geolegnia inflata Coker and Harvey. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 41: 135. 1925.

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Mycelium of very limited growth, forming a dense, opaque mat; hyphae slender, 5-17 μ thick. Spores, 15-17.5 μ by 16-22, in a single row; without any motile stage; escaping by decaying thin-walled sporangium. Oogonia abundant, 12.5-17.5 μ in diameter. Antheridia present and androgynous. Oospheres maturing; oospore one in number, eccentric.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Collected once on hempseed from soil samples. (Dec. 2, 1974.Yang-Ming Shan; citrus soil)

 
 
 
 Habitat: Soil and water
 
 
 
 Distribution:

N Carolina

 
 
 
 References:

Sparrow FK Jr. 1960; Ziegler AW. 1958.

   
   
   
 Provided:

T. S. Chiou and H. S. Chang

 
 
 Note: G. inflata is characterized by granular ooplast and plerotic oogonium.