Chytridium lecythii (Ingold) Goldie-Sm.
(a chytrid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chytridium lecythii (a chytrid)
Genus	Chytridium (a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)
Family	CHYTRIDIACEAE (a family of chytrids)
Order	CHYTRIDIALES (chytrids)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chytridium lecythii is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ingold, C.T.	1941	Studies on British Chytrids 1. Phlyctochytrium proliferum sp.nov. and Rhizophidium lecythii sp.nov.	Studies on British Chytrids TBMS Vol 25(1): 41-48+Plate.
	Smith, E.K.G.	1946	Chytridium lecythii (Ingold) n.comb	TBMS 29 (1+2): 68-69.

Chytridium lecythii (a chytrid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Chytridium
(a genus of chytridiomycete fungi)

CHYTRIDIALES
(chytrids)

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Chytridium lecythii (a chytrid)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chytridium lecythii (a chytrid)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chytridium lecythii is also a member of:

Identification Works

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