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Saprolegnia dioica form pseudodioica Schlösser
Planta 8:537. 1929
There is no formal description of this form, and the name appears merely to
represent Schlösser’s attempt to single out a collection that could not with certainty be
identified with Saprolegnia dioica de Bary (itself synonymous with S. diclina).
Saprolegnia dioica-racemosa De-La-Rue
Bjull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 42:469. 1869
This name -- it was not written as the variety racemosa of Saprolegnia dioica as has
been thought (Seymour, 1970:30) -- was applied to a specimen described only as being
much branched. There are no illustrations, and the description is far too brief to allow
any judgment as to the correct identification. Furthermore, it cannot be listed as a
synonymous species (A. Fischer, 1892; Seymour, 1970) for the same reason.
Saprolegnia divisa Pringsheim
Phycomyceteae, Berlese and De Toni, in P. A. Saccardo, Sylloge
fungorum onnium hucusque cognitorum. Vol. 7, p. 269. 1888
This name is an orthographic error committed by Berlese and De Toni (loc. cit.),
presumably in transcribing Saprolegnia dioica Pringsheim.
Saprolegnia elongata Massee
British Fungi, p. 271. 1891
As Coker (1923:76) pointed out, Massee’s species was based in part on a
Pythium and in part on a Saprolegnia. Goldie-Smith (1952:287n) thought the Pythium
component might have been P. undulatum Petersen. The other component is not
identifiable.
Saprolegnia exigua Murgoci
Bull. Acad. Roumâna, Bucharest Seçt. Stünifica 30:158 et sqq., figs. 5-11. 1947
Without a doubt, Murgoci observed a fungus in the notocord and cartilaginous
portions of the vertebra (and in adjacent musculature and connective tissue) of sterlet
from Rumania, but its identity is obscure. She reported that secondary sporangia were
formed in empty ones, and illustrated the spores as biflagellate cells. However, she
gave the dimensions of the oospores as 3.5-4.8 µm in diameter. The description is
inadequate, and, moreover, unaccompanied by a Latin diagnosis. These are sufficient
grounds on which to exclude the species.
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