Alternaria solani Sorauer
(Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesAlternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)
GenusAlternaria (a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes)
FamilyPLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderPLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lane, C. 2010 Potato early blight - An update 1.

Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alternaria solani (Potato and Tomato Early Blight - causative organism, Early Potato Blight)
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