Taphrina pruni (Fuckel) Tul.
(Pocket Plum - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTaphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism)
GenusTaphrina (tongue fungi)
FamilyTAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
OrderTAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassTAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassTAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumTAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism) :
1: Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Pocket Plums on Sloe
Image 1: Pocket Plums - close-upImage 2: Pocket Plums on shootImage 3: Asci - magnifiedImage 4: Asci - magnified (2)Image 5: Asci - magnified (3)Image 6: Asci - magnified (4)
2: Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism)
10 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swollen hollow Sloe fruits
Image 1: Branch of Sloe (Prunus spinosa) with galled fruitsImage 2: Galled fruits of Sloe (Prunus spinosa)

Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Taphrina pruni (Pocket Plum - causative organism)
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