Mycosphaerella pyri (Auersw.) Boerema
(Pear Leaf Fleck - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mycosphaerella pyri (Pear Leaf Fleck - causative organism)
Genus	Mycosphaerella (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE (a family of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Mycosphaerella pyri 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
	Sivanesan, A.	1990	Mycosphaerella pyri	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 989.

Mycosphaerella pyri (Pear Leaf Fleck - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycosphaerella
(a genus of ascomycetes)

MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes and lichens)

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 Mycosphaerella pyri (Pear Leaf Fleck - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mycosphaerella pyri (Pear Leaf Fleck - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Mycosphaerella pyri is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)