Rhynchosporium agropyri Zaffarano, B.A. McDonald & A. Linde
(Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism, Couch Scald)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesRhynchosporium agropyri (Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism, Couch Scald)
GenusRhynchosporium (a genus of fungi)
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
Braun, U. 1995 Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1 Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag

Rhynchosporium agropyri (Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism, Couch Scald) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhynchosporium agropyri (Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism, Couch Scald)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 38 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhynchosporium agropyri (Leaf Blotch or Scald Of Grasses - causative organism, Couch Scald)
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