Olpidium brassicae (lettuce big vein)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Olpidium brassicae (Woronin) P.A. Dang.

Preferred Common Name

• lettuce big vein

Other Scientific Names

• Asterocystis radicis De Wild.
• Chytridium brassicae Woronin
• Olpidiaster radicis (De Wild.) Pascher
• Olpidium borzii De Wild.
• Olpidium radicicola De Wild.
• Pleotrachelus brassicae (Woronin) Sahtiy.

International Common Names

• English: seedling blight: tobacco; seedling disease: cabbage
• Spanish: enfermedad de nasciencia
• French: brulure du lin; maladie de la brulure du lin; maladie des grosses nervures de la laitue; necrose des radicelles des cereales

Local Common Names

• Germany: Auflaufkrankheit: Kohl; Gelbsucht: Tabak; Halsbrand: Kohl; Schwarzbeinigkeit: Kohl; Wurzelbrand: Kohl

EPPO code

• OLPIBR (Olpidium brassicae)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Chytridiomycota
•             Class: Chytridiomycetes
•                 Order: Spizellomycetales
•                     Family: Olpidiaceae
•                         Genus: Olpidium
•                             Species: Olpidium brassicae

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

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List of Symptoms

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Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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