plasmodiophora brassicae

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1. a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus plasmodiophora, plasmodiophora,
definition	:	type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds (noun.plant)