Category: Fungi

CLASSIFICATION OF ALTERNARIA Kingdom :- Mycota Division :- Eumycota Sub-division :- Deuteromycotina Class :- Hyphomycetes Order :- Moniliales Family :- Dematiaceae Genus :- Alternaria Various species of Alternaria can be collected on hosts mentioned above. A. solani can be gathered from potato fields, three or four weeks after the crop is sown.   STUDY OF HOST, DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS​   Majority of the species are weak parasites…

CLASSIFICATION OF ALBUGO (WHITE RUST) Kingdom :- Mycota Division :- Eumycota Sub-division :- Mastigomycotina Class :- Oomycetes Order :- Peronosporales Family :- Albuginaceae Genus :- Albugo   STUDY OF HOSTS, DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS OF ALBUGO (WHITE RUST) All the twenty five species of Albugo are obligate parasites on flowering plants. The fungus attacks many flowering plants especially the members of Cruciferae. A common disease, the white rust…

CLASSIFICATION OF AGARICUS (MUSHROOM) Kingdom :- Mycota Division :- Eumycota Sub-division :- Basidiomycotina Class :- Hymenomycetes Sub-Class :- Holobasidiomycetidae Order :- Agaricales Family :- Agaricaceae Genus :- Agaricus The Agaricus (mushroom) (vern. kukarmutta, saap ki chatri) is very common in humus soil, dung, rotten logs of wood and other similar decaying organic substances during the rainy season. Precaution. Stay away from beautifully coloured mushrooms for they are often poisonous.…

CLASSIFICATION OF ACHLYA​ Kingdom :- Mycota Division :- Eumycota Sub-division :- Mastigomycotina Class :- Oomycetes Order :- Saprolegniales Family :- Saprolegniaceae Genus :- Achlya   GENERAL CHARATERSTICS OF ACHLYA​ The species are aquatic and occur in a variety of water reservoirs. The thallus is eucarpic, filamentous, coenocytic, slender, white and much branched. Hyphae are broader at the base and gradually taper towards the apex. The basal…