Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat.
(Violet Root Rot - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHelicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism)
GenusHelicobasidium (a genus of pucciniomycetes)
FamilyHELICOBASIDIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
OrderHELICOBASIDIALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
ClassPUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
SubphylumPUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fox, R.T.V. 2006 Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.

Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - 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 Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helicobasidium purpureum (Violet Root Rot - causative organism)
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