Pyrenochaeta terrestris (H.N. Hansen) Gorenz, J.C. Walker & Larson
(Pink Root Of Onion - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesPyrenochaeta terrestris (Pink Root Of Onion - causative organism)
SpeciesSetophoma terrestris (a fungus)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Punithalingam, E. & Holliday, P. 1998 Pyrenochaeta terrestris I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 397.

Pyrenochaeta terrestris (Pink Root Of Onion - 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 Pyrenochaeta terrestris (Pink Root Of Onion - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyrenochaeta terrestris (Pink Root Of Onion - causative organism)
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