Phlyctidium scenedesmi
(a chytrid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phlyctidium scenedesmi (a chytrid)
Family	RHIZOPHYDIACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RHIZOPHYDIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fott, B.	1967	Phlyctidium scenedesmi spec. nova, a new chytrid destroying mass cultures of algae	Zeitschrift fur Allg. Mikrobiologie Vol 7 (2): 97-102.

Phlyctidium scenedesmi (a chytrid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phlyctidium scenedesmi (a chytrid)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phlyctidium scenedesmi is also a member of:

Identification Works

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