Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris
(Fish Eye Disease Of Stored Apples - causative organism, Tear Dropper)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cylindrobasidium laeve (Fish Eye Disease Of Stored Apples - causative organism, Tear Dropper)
Family	PHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cylindrobasidium laeve is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L.	1976	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 4 Hyphodermella - Mycoacia	Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 4, Fungiflora
	Mattock, G.	2014	Growth forms of Cylindrobasidium laeve	Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 42-44.

Cylindrobasidium laeve (Fish Eye Disease Of Stored Apples - causative organism, Tear Dropper) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHYSALACRIACEAE
(a family of toadstools and chanterelles)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cylindrobasidium laeve (Fish Eye Disease Of Stored Apples - causative organism, Tear Dropper)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cylindrobasidium laeve (Fish Eye Disease Of Stored Apples - causative organism, Tear Dropper)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cylindrobasidium laeve is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)