Rhizina undulata Fr.
(Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)
Family	RHIZINACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rhizina undulata 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.)

Records of Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism) :
1: Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)
1 Nov 2015	OSGR: SZ19	50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England
on bare ground under pines

2: Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)
22 Sep 2006	OSGR: SK15	53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: Staffs (VC 39)	England
on dead pine roots from burnt stump

3: Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)
29 Sep 1974	OSGR: SK38	53° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63)	England
on bonfire site

Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

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 Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhizina undulata (Pine Firefungus, Group Dying Disease - causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Rhizina undulata is also a member of:

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