Amorphotheca resinae Parbery
(Kerosene Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmorphotheca resinae (Kerosene Fungus)
FamilyAMORPHOTHECACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
SubclassEUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassEUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
David, J.C. & Kelley, J. 1995 Amorphotheca resinae I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1230.
Parbery, D.G. 1969 Isolation of the ascal state of Amorphotheca resinae direct from soil. TBMS Vol 53 (3): 482-484.
Parbery, D.G. 1969 The natural occurrence of Cladosporium resinae TBMS Vol 53 (1): 15-23.

Amorphotheca resinae (Kerosene Fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amorphotheca resinae (Kerosene Fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amorphotheca resinae (Kerosene Fungus)
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