Olpidium brassicae

Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada.[1]

Olpidium brassicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
incertae sedis
Class:
incertae sedis
Order:
incertae sedis
Family:
Olpidiaceae
Genus:
Olpidium
Species:
O. brassicae
Binomial name
Olpidium brassicae
(Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886)
Synonyms

Asterocystis radicis De Wild., (1893)
Chytridium brassicae Woronin, (1878)
Olpidiaster radicis (De Wild.) Pascher
Pleotrachelus brassicae (Woronin) Sahtiy., (1962)

Vector

O. brassicae is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.

References
  1. J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at CPS-SCP of Canada website. Accessed January 11, 2010.


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