Olpidium brassicae

Olpidium brassicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Class:	incertae sedis
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Olpidiaceae
Genus:	Olpidium
Species:	O. brassicae
Binomial name
	Olpidium brassicae; (Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886)
Synonyms
	Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893); Chytridium brassicae Woronin, (1878); Olpidiaster radicis (De Wild.) Pascher; Pleotrachelus brassicae (Woronin) Sahtiy., (1962)

Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada.^[1]

Vector edit

O. brassicae is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.

References edit

^ J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at CPS-SCP of Canada website^{[permanent dead link]}. Accessed January 11, 2010.

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[1] J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at CPS-SCP of Canada website^{[permanent dead link]}. Accessed January 11, 2010.

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