Botryotinia draytonii (Buddin & Wakef.) Seaver
(Gladiolus Core Rot - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Botryotinia draytonii (Gladiolus Core Rot - causative organism)
Genus	Botryotinia (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	SCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Botryotinia draytonii is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M.	1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

Botryotinia draytonii (Gladiolus Core Rot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SCLEROTINIACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Botryotinia draytonii (Gladiolus Core Rot - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Botryotinia draytonii (Gladiolus Core Rot - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Botryotinia draytonii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)