Noun: Plasmodiophora brassicae
- A fungus resembling slime mould that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
"Plasmodiophora brassicae made the cabbage roots grotesquely misshapen";
- clubroot fungus
Type of: fungus
Part of: genus Plasmodiophora, Plasmodiophora
Encyclopedia: Plasmodiophora brassicae