saprolegnia

English Thesaurus

1. aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	saprolegnia ferax, white fungus,
definition	:	a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins) (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	water mold,
definition	:	parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order saprolegniales, saprolegniales,
definition	:	order of chiefly aquatic fungi (noun.plant)