Name:		Pythium megalacanthum de Bary, Abhandlungen von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 12 (1881) page 242-246 [basionym]
Status:		Species
Taxonomic position:		Pythium Pringsh. [Genus] Pythiaceae J. Schröt. [Family] Pythiales M.W. Dick [Order] Saprolegniidae [Subclass] Peronosporea [Class] Oomycota Arx [Division / Phylum] Chromista Cavalier-Smith [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Pythium megalacanthum var. callistephi Tasugi & Siino Pythium megalacanthum var. megalacanthum
Catalogue data:		Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 7 (1): 272, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 12: 651, Saccardo, Sylloge Fungorum 20: 653
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]