1) Family pythiaceae 2) Fungus family 
Pythiaceae is a family of water moulds. The family includes plant pathogenic fungus-like organisms in the genus Phytophthora; as well as serious plant and animal pathogens in the genus Pythium. The family was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1893. ==Lifecycle== == Reproduction == The sporangia may germinate via a germ tube or...
[n] - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
family Pythiaceae noun fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores