Peronospora
Noun
Meaning
genus of destructive downy mildews
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Examples
Peronosporeae De Bary published his first work on fungi in 1861, and then spent more than 15 years studying Peronosporeae, particularly Phytophthora infestans (formerly Peronospora infestans) and Cystopus (Albugo), parasites of potato.