''Wilsoniana'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of plant-parasitic

oomycete Oomycota forms a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms, called oomycetes (). They are filamentous and heterotrophic, and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction of an oospore is the resul ...

s segregated from '' Albugo''. The name is in honor of the American mycologist G.W.Wilson

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q96415275 Water mould genera Albuginaceae