Albugo candida | |
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On Shepherd's purse | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Albuginales |
Family: | Albuginaceae |
Genus: | Albugo |
Species: | A. candida
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Binomial name | |
Albugo candida | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Aecidium candidum Pers. (1797) |
Albugo candida, commonly known as white rust or white blister rust, is an obligate plant pathogen in the family Albuginaceae that infects Brassicaceae species.[2] (Although called a "rust" and a fungus, it is an oomycete.) It has a relatively smaller genome than other oomycetes.[3]