potato fungus vs Pellicularia filamentosa

potato fungus and Pellicularia filamentosa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
potato fungus	Yes	No	No	No
Pellicularia filamentosa	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, potato fungus and Pellicularia filamentosa are synonyms defined as:

potato fungus and Pellicularia filamentosa: fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers

Other synonyms of potato fungus include Rhizoctinia solani.

potato fungus (noun)	Pellicularia filamentosa (noun)
fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers	fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers