Baudoinia caledoniensis J.A. Scott & Unter.
(Angel’s Share Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBaudoinia caledoniensis (Angel’s Share Fungus)
GenusBaudoinia (a genus of fungi)
OrderCAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
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
Scott, J.A., Ewaze, J.O., Summerbell, R.C., Arocha-Rosete, Y., Maharaj, A., Guardiola, Y., Saleh, M., Wong, B., Bogale, M., O’Hara, M.J. & Untereiner, W.A. 2016 Multilocus DNA sequencing of the whiskey fungus reveals a continental‐scale speciation pattern Persoonia Vol 37: 13-20.

Baudoinia caledoniensis (Angel’s Share Fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Baudoinia caledoniensis (Angel’s Share Fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Baudoinia caledoniensis (Angel’s Share Fungus)

This is one of the fungi that grow in the alcohol-enriched atmosphere around whisky distilleries and bonded warehouses where it stains the walls black. The species is only known from Scotland: there are four other species in diferent parts of the World.

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