Cladosporium variabile (Cooke) G.A. de Vries
(Spinach Leaf Spot - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Cladosporium variabile (Spinach Leaf Spot - causative organism)
Species	Davidiella variabile (a fungus)
Genus	Davidiella (a genus of fungi)
Family	DAVIDIELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	CAPNODIALES (sooty moulds)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	David, J.C.	1995	Cladosporium variabile	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1229.

Cladosporium variabile (Spinach Leaf Spot - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CAPNODIALES
(sooty moulds)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Cladosporium variabile (Spinach Leaf Spot - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cladosporium variabile (Spinach Leaf Spot - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cladosporium variabile is also a member of:

Identification Works

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