Laetisaria fuciformis (Berk.) Burds.
(Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Laetisaria fuciformis (Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism))
Family	CORTICIACEAE (a family of resupinate fungi)
Order	CORTICIALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Laetisaria fuciformis is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Baldwin, N.A.	1990	Fungal Diseases of Sports Turf	Mycologist Vol 4 (1): 16-19.
	Wakefield, E.M.	1914	Notes on British Thelephoraceae	TBMS Vol 05: 474-481.

Laetisaria fuciformis (Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CORTICIACEAE
(a family of resupinate fungi)

CORTICIALES
(an order of fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

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 Laetisaria fuciformis (Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Laetisaria fuciformis (Red Thread Disease (Causal Organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Laetisaria fuciformis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)