Oomycota (Phytophthora):Water Molds and Downy Mildews
-Funguslike
-live in water (or moist places)
-Some feed on dead organisms, others are plant parasites
-Grow as a mass of threads over a food source, digest it, and then absorb the nutrients
-Appear as white fuzzy growth on decaying matter
-Water molds produce flagellated reproductive cells (different from fungi)
-Downy mildew that causes disease in many plants (destroyed potato crop in Ireland)
-live in water (or moist places)
-Some feed on dead organisms, others are plant parasites
-Grow as a mass of threads over a food source, digest it, and then absorb the nutrients
-Appear as white fuzzy growth on decaying matter
-Water molds produce flagellated reproductive cells (different from fungi)
-Downy mildew that causes disease in many plants (destroyed potato crop in Ireland)