noun
fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
• Syn: ↑Pellicularia filamentosa, ↑Rhizoctinia solani
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pellicularia, ↑genus Pellicularia
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noun : a fungus causing late blight
Useful english dictionary. 2012.