Saprolegniaceae

Saprolegniaceae is a family of freshwater mould. James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897), an American mycologist did significant work on this family.

==Taxonomy== Saprolegniaceae contains the following genera, species, and subspecies. Achlya Achlya ambisexualis Achlya americana Achlya androgyna Achlya apiculata Achlya aquatica Achlya bisexualis Achlya bonariensis Achlya caroliniana Achlya catenulata Achlya colorata Achlya conspicua Achlya crenulata Achlya debaryana Achlya dubia Achlya flagellata Achlya glomerata Achlya heterosexualis Achlya hypogyna Achlya intricata Achlya klebsiana Achlya oblongata Achlya oligacantha Achlya orion Achlya ornata Achlya oviparvula Achlya papillosa Achlya primoachlya Achlya prolifera Achlya proliferoides Achlya racemosa Achlya radiosa Achlya recurva Achlya rodrigueziana Achlya sparrowii Achlya spiralis Achlya stellata Achlya treleaseana Aplanes Aplanes androgynus Aplanes treleaseanus Aplanopsis Aplanopsis terrestris Brevilegnia Brevilegnia bispora Brevilegnia gracilis Brevilegnia longicaulis Brevilegnia macrospora Brevilegnia megasperma Brevilegnia minutandra Brevilegnia unisperma Brevilegnia unisperma var. delica Brevilegnia variabilis Calyptralegnia Calyptralegnia achlyoides Dictyuchus Dictyuchus monosporus Dictyuchus pseudodictyon Dictyuchus sterilis Geolegnia Geolegnia helicoides Isoachlya Isoachlya toruloides Newbya Newbya dichotoma Newbya spinosa Phragmosporangium Phragmosporangium uniseriatum Protoachlya Protoachlya paradoxa Protoachlya polysporus Pythiopsis Pythiopsis cymosa Pythiopsis humphreyana Pythiopsis intermedia Pythiopsis irregularis Pythiopsis terrestris Saprolegnia Saprolegnia aenigmatica Saprolegnia anisospora Saprolegnia anomalies Saprolegnia asterophora Saprolegnia australis Saprolegnia bulbosa Saprolegnia delica Saprolegnia diclina Saprolegnia eccentrica Saprolegnia ferax Saprolegnia cf. ferax Saprolegnia furcata Saprolegnia hypogyna Saprolegnia lapponica Saprolegnia litoralis Saprolegnia longicaulis Saprolegnia megasperma Saprolegnia milanezii Saprolegnia mixta Saprolegnia monilifera Saprolegnia monoica Saprolegnia multispora Saprolegnia oliviae Saprolegnia parasitica Saprolegnia polymorpha Saprolegnia racemosa Saprolegnia salmonis Saprolegnia semihypogyna Saprolegnia subterranea Saprolegnia terrestris Saprolegnia torulosa Saprolegnia truncata Saprolegnia turfosa Saprolegnia unispora Scoliolegnia Scoliolegnia asterophora Sommerstorffia Arnaudov 1923 Sommerstorffia spinosa Arnaudov Thraustotheca Thraustotheca clavata Thraustotheca terrestris