An annotated checklist of Pythium species from Iran
2013
Bouket, Ali Chenari | Arzanlou, Mahdi | Babai-Ahari, Asadollah
The genus Pythium, with slightly over 280 described species has been classified traditionally with other filamentous, coenocytic, sporangia-producing fungi as “Phycomycetes”. However, with recent advances in chemical, ultrastructural and molecular studies Pythium spp. are now considered as “fungus-like organisms” or “pseudo-fungi” and are placed in the kingdom Chromista or kingdom Straminopila, distinct from the true fungi or the kingdom Fungi. Little is known about the biodiversity of Pythium in Iran. This paper attempts to assess the position of the genus Pythium and provides details of the historical development of the study of Pythium in Iran. The survey list contains 33 species, 4 species groups and 1 unknown species of Pythium.
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