Phytophthora ilicis Buddenh. & Roy A. Young
(Holly Leaf Bllight - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhytophthora ilicis (Holly Leaf Bllight - causative organism)
GenusPhytophthora (blights)
FamilyPERONOSPORACEAE (downy mildews)
OrderPERONOSPORALES (downy mildews and white rusts)
ClassPERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
PhylumOOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2004 Path News Issue 7: April 2004
Hall, G. 1991 Phytophthora ilicis I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1064.
RHS Holly leaf blight www.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=175

Phytophthora ilicis (Holly Leaf Bllight - 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 Phytophthora ilicis (Holly Leaf Bllight - causative organism)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phytophthora ilicis (Holly Leaf Bllight - causative organism)
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