Saprolegniales

plural noun

Sap·​ro·​leg·​ni·​a·​les

: an order of chiefly aquatic fungi (class Phycomycetes) having a well-developed mycelium, both sexual and asexual reproduction, biflagellate zoospores, and no periplasm in the oogonia and comprising the water molds see diplanetic

saprolegnious

¦⸗⸗¦legnēəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Saprolegnia + -ales

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