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In continuation with the studies in aquatic fungi of Varanasi, four more fungi viz., Achlya apiculata, A. oblongata var. oblongata, Blastocladiella simplex and Pythiogeton ramosum have been isolated and described as occurring new to the Indian aquatic flora; while P. sterilis has been assigned to synonymy under P. ramosum Hamid's isolate A. oblongata var. oblongata has been excluded from the valid identification.
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Dayal, R., Ji, T. Studies in aquatic fungi of Varanasi IV. new records and notes on taxonomy. Hydrobiologia 32, 237–244 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00179554
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