Olpidium brassicae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Chytridiomycota |
Class: | chytridiomycetes |
Order: | Chytridiales |
Family: | Olpidiaceae |
Genus: | Olpidium |
Species: | O. brassicae |
Binomial name | |
Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886) |
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Synonyms | |
Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893) |
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.
O. brassicae is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.