Didymascella thujina (E.J. Durand) Maire
(Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Didymascella thujina (Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism)
Genus	Didymascella (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	HEMIPHACIDIACEAE (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)

Didymascella thujina 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
	Forest Research	2014	Path News Issue 28: Spring 2014

Didymascella thujina (Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Didymascella thujina (Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Didymascella thujina (Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Didymascella thujina is also a member of:

Identification Works

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