Ichthyochytrium
Single-species genus of fungi
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Ichthyochytrium is a fungal genus in the Chytridiales of uncertain familial placement. A monotypic genus,[1] it contains the single rare species Ichthyochytrium vulgare, described from Germany by Marianne Plehn in 1920.[2] A parasite of freshwater fishes, it forms spherical bodies measuring 5–20 μm that have refractive granules. It typically attacks the lung and gills.[3]
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| Genus: | Ichthyochytrium Plehn (1920) |
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| Ichthyochytrium vulgare Plehn (1920) | |
