plasmodiophora

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1. type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	clubroot fungus, plasmodiophora brassicae,
definition	:	a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family plasmodiophoraceae, plasmodiophoraceae,
definition	:	family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants (noun.plant)