Pythium tracheiphilum Matta
(a damping off fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pythium tracheiphilum (a damping off fungus)
Genus	Pythium (damping off fungi)
Family	PYTHIACEAE (damping off and blight fungi)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pythium tracheiphilum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1991	Pythium tracheiphilum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1070.

Pythium tracheiphilum (a damping off fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pythium
(damping off fungi)

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pythium tracheiphilum (a damping off fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pythium tracheiphilum (a damping off fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pythium tracheiphilum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)