Globisporangium acanthophoron (Sideris) Uzuhashi, Tojo & Kakish.
(a damping off fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Globisporangium acanthophoron (a damping off fungus)
Genus	Globisporangium (a genus of fungoid organisms)
Family	PYTHIACEAE (damping off and blight fungi)
Order	PERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hall, G.	1991	Pythium acanthophoron	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1068.

Globisporangium acanthophoron (a damping off fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PERONOSPORALES
(downy mildews and white rusts)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Globisporangium acanthophoron (a damping off fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Globisporangium acanthophoron (a damping off fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Globisporangium acanthophoron is also a member of:

Identification Works

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