Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (T. Kowalski) Baral, Queloz & Hosoya
(Ash Dieback - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHymenoscyphus fraxineus (Ash Dieback - causative organism)
GenusHymenoscyphus (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyHELOTIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2013 Path News Issue 26: Summer 2013
Forest Research 2011 Path News Issue 23: Autumn 2011
Forestry Commission England 2016 Pest and diseases symptoms panels .
Henrici, A. 2013 Notes & Records (Oct 2013) Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 136-138.
McKinney, L.V., Thomsen, I.M., Kjær, E.D., Bengtsson, S.B.K. & Nielsen, L.R. 2012 Rapid invasion by an aggressive pathogenic fungus (Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) replaces a native decomposer (Hymenoscyphus albidus): a case of local cryptic extinction? FungEcol Vol 05 (6): 663-669.

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Ash Dieback - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Ash Dieback - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (Ash Dieback - causative organism)

Spreading across Europe and poised to jump the channel (2012).

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