Saprolegnia - The iLumina Digital Library
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Bot. Mater. Inst. Sporov. Rast. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 2:35. 1923<br />
<strong>The</strong> description has nothing in the way of critical details to permit a decision on<br />
the taxonomic status of the variety. From Shkorbatov’s later (1927:82) account, this<br />
variety is probably nothing more than a representative of <strong>Saprolegnia</strong> ferax.<br />
<strong>Saprolegnia</strong> xylophila Kützing<br />
Phycologia Generalis, p. 157, pl. 2. 1843<br />
It is very likely, if one may judge from illustrations, that Kützing had indeed<br />
observed a watermold (perhaps a mixture) to which he applied this name. <strong>The</strong> apices of<br />
some filaments, for example, are illustrated as containing spore-like bodies. <strong>The</strong><br />
description does not convey the impression of a watermold, and nothing in later<br />
accounts (1845, 1849) by Kützing adds any information on which to base a decision on<br />
the affinities of the organism. <strong>The</strong> fasciculate nature of the filaments of S. xylophila<br />
recall some of the Fungi Imperfecti, and this is strengthened by taking into account the<br />
substratum on which the fungus was found: decaying wood (in stagnant water). Too<br />
ill-defined to be identified.<br />
Scoliolegnia depauperata Dick<br />
J. Gen. Microbiol. 65:326. 1971<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are no illustrations or description of this species. <strong>The</strong> name first appears in<br />
Table 1 of Dick’s 1971(c) publication, and in 1973 (p. 141), he refers to it as a nomen<br />
nudum.<br />
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