Ramichloridium pini de Hoog & Rahman
(Ramichloridium Shoot Dieback - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Ramichloridium pini (Ramichloridium Shoot Dieback - causative organism)
Form genus	Ramichloridium (a genus of coelomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ramichloridium pini is also a member of:
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
Brown, A. & Macaskill, G.	2005	Shoot Diseases of Pine	Forestry Commission Information Notes, 68, 6pp, Forestry Commission
de Hoog, G.S. & Rahman,M.A. & Boekhout, T.	1983	Ramichloridium, Veronaea and Stenella: generic delimitation, new combinations and two new species.	TBMS Vol 81 (3): 485-490.
Forest Research	2010	Path News Issue 20: June 2010
Forest Research	2007	Path News Issue 15: October 2007

Ramichloridium pini (Ramichloridium Shoot Dieback - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ramichloridium
(a genus of coelomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ramichloridium pini (Ramichloridium Shoot Dieback - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ramichloridium pini (Ramichloridium Shoot Dieback - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ramichloridium pini is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)