White Rust

''Albugo candida'' is a species from family Albuginaceae; however, all the other species in this family are called "white rust." Like other water moulds which are plant pathogens, it is sometimes called a fungus, but is in fact an Oomycete. ''Albugocandida candida'' is an obligate biotrophic oomycete that infects Brassicaceae species and cause diseases . At the genome level, ''Albugo candida'' has a relatively smaller genome than other oomycetes.