Herpobasidium filicinum (Rostr.) Lind
(a pucciniomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete)
Family	EOCRONARTIACEAE (a family of pucciniomycetes)
Order	PLATYGLOEALES (an order of pucciniomycetes)
Class	PUCCINIOMYCETES (rust fungi etc)
Subphylum	PUCCINIOMYCOTINA (rust fungi etc)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M.	1946	New or interesting British fungi	TBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.

Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PUCCINIOMYCETES
(rust fungi etc)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Herpobasidium filicinum (a pucciniomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Herpobasidium filicinum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)