Ophiostoma spinosum P.F. Cannon
(a blue-stain fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphiostoma spinosum (a blue-stain fungus)
GenusOphiostoma (blue-stain pyrenomycetes)
FamilyOPHIOSTOMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderOPHIOSTOMATALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cannon, P.F. 1997 Two new genera of Ascomycota, and other new or interesting fungi from Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve and its environs Systema Ascomycetorum Vol 15 (1-2): 121-138.

Ophiostoma spinosum (a blue-stain fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ophiostoma spinosum (a blue-stain fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ophiostoma spinosum (a blue-stain fungus)
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