Microdochium panattonianum (Berl.) B. Sutton, Galea & T.V. Price
(Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMicrodochium panattonianum (Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism)
GenusMicrodochium (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyHYPONECTRIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Galea, V.J. & Price, T.V. 1988 Infection of Lettuce by Microdochium panattonianum TBMS Vol 91 (3): 419-425.
Galea, V.J., Price, T.V. & Sutton, B.C. 1986 Taxonomy and biology of the Lettuce Anthracnose fungus TBMS Vol 86 (4): 619-628.
Sutton, B.C. & Holderness, M. 1991 Microdochium panattonianum I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1034.

Microdochium panattonianum (Lettuce Ringspot Disease - 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 Microdochium panattonianum (Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Microdochium panattonianum (Lettuce Ringspot Disease - causative organism)
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