Basidiophora
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Basidiophora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens within the family Peronosporaceae, known for causing downy mildew diseases in various host plants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basidiophora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8355216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basidiophora Context triple: [Peronosporaceae, includesGenus, Basidiophora]
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A.
Xylaria
Xylaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi best known for its dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies that decompose wood and other plant material.
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B.
Pezizales
Pezizales is an order of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
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C.
Conioscyphaceae
Conioscyphaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi known for saprobic species that decompose plant material in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
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D.
Coniocybomycetes
Coniocybomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi characterized by minute, often lichenized or lichenicolous species with specialized reproductive structures.
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E.
Hypocreomycetidae
Hypocreomycetidae is a subclass of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes diverse filamentous species, many of which are known as plant pathogens, endophytes, or decomposers in terrestrial ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basidiophora Target entity description: Basidiophora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens within the family Peronosporaceae, known for causing downy mildew diseases in various host plants.
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A.
Xylaria
Xylaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi best known for its dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies that decompose wood and other plant material.
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B.
Pezizales
Pezizales is an order of ascomycete fungi that includes many cup fungi and truffle-forming species.
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C.
Conioscyphaceae
Conioscyphaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi known for saprobic species that decompose plant material in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
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D.
Coniocybomycetes
Coniocybomycetes is a class of ascomycete fungi characterized by minute, often lichenized or lichenicolous species with specialized reproductive structures.
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E.
Hypocreomycetidae
Hypocreomycetidae is a subclass of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes diverse filamentous species, many of which are known as plant pathogens, endophytes, or decomposers in terrestrial ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
oomycete genus ⓘ |
| affects | various host plants ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | downy mildew oomycetes ⓘ |
| causes | downy mildew ⓘ |
| class | Oomycetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diseaseType | downy mildew disease ⓘ |
| family | Peronosporaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat | living plant tissues ⓘ |
| hasCellWallComponent | cellulose ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
obligate biotroph
ⓘ
produces sporangia on host surfaces ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Oomycota
NERFINISHED
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Peronosporaceae ⓘ Peronosporales ⓘ |
| impact |
can reduce crop yield
ⓘ
causes leaf lesions ⓘ reduces host plant vigor ⓘ |
| isA |
plant pathogen
ⓘ
water mould ⓘ |
| isNot | true fungus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Stramenopila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Peronosporales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pathogenicOn | angiosperms ⓘ |
| phylum | Oomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction by sporangia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction by oospores ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trophicMode |
biotrophic parasite
ⓘ
parasite ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Basidiophora Description of subject: Basidiophora is a genus of oomycete plant pathogens within the family Peronosporaceae, known for causing downy mildew diseases in various host plants.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.