#oomycete

[kirango-rouge]

My exams are killing me, but have tgis little polydreamer sketch ❤️

Need more content with them <3

(lurien's so tinyyyyyy 😭❤️)

[thetouchstarvingartist]

let's play every Washingtonian's FAVORITE game:

IS IT JUST DOWNY MILDEW, OR 👏 IS 👏 IT 👏 MOOOOOLD! 👏👏👏👏

(for your information I forgot the term oomycetes and googled "what kind of creature is downy mildew" in those words exactly)

[aphidcluster]

Potato late blight is caused by an oomycete (Phytophthora infestans). It was the cause of the Great Irish Famine between 1845 and 1852. Sporangiophores and sporangia are seen in the pictures.

[aphidcluster]

White rust (Albugo candida -oomycete) symptoms on Shepherd’s-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris).

Spores can be seen in my previous post:

http://aphidcluster.tumblr.com/post/138202664891/white-rust-albugo-candida-infection-on

[scientificillustration]

The cause of potato blight, Phytophthora infestans

[scientificillustration]

Oomycetes from Comparative morphology of Fungi, by Ernst Albert Gäumann

[scientificillustration]

Oomycetes

From: Die mikroskopischen Pilze von Gustav Lindau

[scientificillustration]

Phytophthora infestans

From: Comparative morphology and biology of the fungi, mycetozoa and bacteria by A. de Bary