Allomyces
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| Rozella allomycis parasitizing the chytrid Allomyces | |
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Allomyces E.J.Butler (1911) |
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Allomyces arbusculus E.J.Butler (1911) |
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Allomyces is a genus of chytrid fungi in the family . It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911. Species in the genus have a polycentric thallus and reproduce asexually by zoospores that have a whiplash-like flagella. They are mostly isolated from soils in tropical countries, commonly in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers.
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