SAPROLEGNIALES A. Fisch.
(water moulds)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of ID refs
LEPTOLEGNIACEAE a family of water moulds		Family	2 subtaxa	2 ident. refs
	Aphanomyces a genus of water moulds	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 ident. refs
SAPROLEGNIACEAE water moulds		Family	4 subtaxa	4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Order	SAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

SAPROLEGNIALES is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Sparrow, F.K.	1960	Aquatic Phycomycetes	2nd revised edition edition, 1187pp, University of Michigan Press

SAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 72 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

SAPROLEGNIALES is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)