| pythium | A mastigomycotina genus of destructive root-parasitic fungi including forms that cause damping-off of seedlings. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Pythium insidiosum | A species of fungi found in water or wet soil, and a cause of hyphomycosis or pythiosis. Synonym: Hyphomyces destruens. (05 Mar 2000) |