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. 2010 Oct 20;659(1):23–35. doi: 10.1007/s10750-010-0508-0

Table 1.

Phytomyxean species according to Karling (1968) including the species described more recently

Terrestrial Fresh water Marine
Green plants

Ligniera verrucosa Maire & A. Tisson

Ligniera junci (Schwartz) Maire & A. Tisson*

Ligniera pilorum Fron. & Gaillat

Ligniera betae (Němec) Karling

Ligniera hypogeae (Borzí) Karling

Ligniera plantaginis (Němec) Karling

Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin

Polymyxa graminis Ledingham

Polymyxa betae Keskin

Sorodiscus radicicolus Ivimey Cook

Sorosphaera veronicae J. Schröt.

Sorosphaera radicalis Ivimey Cook & Schwartz*

Sorosphaera viticola Kirchm., Neuh. & L. Huber

Spongospora subterranea (Wallr.) Lagerh.

Spongospora campanulae (Ferd. & Winge) Ivimey Cook

Spongospora cotulae Barrett

Tetramyxa rhizophaga Lihnell

Tetramyxa elaeagni Y. Yendo & K. Takase

Ligniera isoetes Palm

Ligniera junci

Membranosorus heterantherae Ostenf. & H.E. Petersen

Sorodiscus callitrichis Lagerh. & Winge

Sorosphaera veronicae

Spongospora nasturtii M. W. Dick

Tetramyxa triglochinis Molliard

Plasmodiophora bicaudata Feldmann

Plasmodiophora diplantherae (Ferd. & Winge) Ivimey Cook

Plasmodiophora halophilae Ferd. & Winge

Plasmodiophora maritima Feldm.-Maz.

Tetramyxa parasitica K. I. Goebel

Oomycetes

Octomyxa achlyae Couch, J. Leitn. & Whiffen*

Octomyxa brevilegniae Pend.*

Woronina polycystis Cornu*

Woronina pythii Goldie-Sm.*

Octomyxa achlyae*

Octomyxa brevilegniae*

Sorodiscus cokeri Goldie-Sm.*

Woronina leptolegnia Karling*

Woronina polycystis*

Woronina pythii*

Green algae s. l.

Sorodiscus karlingii Ivimey Cook

Woronina aggregata Zopf

Woronina glomerata (Cornu) A. Fisch

Brown algae

Maullinia ectocarpi I. Maier, E. R. Parodi, Westermeier & D. G. Müll.

Phagomyxa algarum Karling

Diatoms

Phagomyxa bellerocheae Schnepf

Phagomyxa odontellae Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman

Species are sorted by the taxonomic affiliation of their hosts and the preferred habitat of their hosts. Some of them are listed in terrestrial and fresh water habitats as their hosts can live in both habitats. The Phytomyxean species are not considered to be terrestrial even though their hosts grow in soil because the actively motile zoospores require water for dispersal and infection of hosts. Zoospores can swim from soil water into open water. The 18 species causing hypertrophies of the host are indicated in bold fonts. Species marked with asterisk cause enlarged cells of the host, but no considerable hypertrophies