What term describes fungi that exclusively grow on living hosts and cannot be cultivated on standard artificial culture media, such as many mildews and rust fungi?

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11 May 2018
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Obligate parasitic fungi are those that require a living host to grow and cannot be propagated on artificial culture media. Examples include various mildew species and most rust fungi. In contrast, facultative parasitic fungi can grow both on living hosts and in culture media.

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