Ovulinia azaleae F.A. Weiss
(Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOvulinia azaleae (Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism)
FamilySCLEROTINIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderHELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
SubclassLEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
ClassLEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fox, R.T.V. 2004 Fungal foes in your garden no 58: Petal Blight on Azalea Mycologist Vol 18 (4): 175-6.

Ovulinia azaleae (Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ovulinia azaleae (Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ovulinia azaleae (Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism)
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