Rickia wasmannii Cavara
(a laboulbeniomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete)
GenusRickia (a genus of laboulbeniomycetes)
FamilyLABOULBENIACEAE (a family of laboulbeniomycetes)
OrderLABOULBENIALES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubclassLABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE (laboulbeniomycetes)
ClassLABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Haelewaters, D. 2012 The first record of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) on Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in The Netherlands Ascomycete.org Vol 4 (3): 65-69.
Tartally, A. et al 2007 The first records of Rickia wasmannii CAVARA, 1899, a myrmecophilous fungus, and its Myrmica LATREILLE, 1804 host ants in Hungary and Romania (Ascomycetes: Laboulbeniales: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mymecological News 10: 123.

Rickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rickia wasmannii (a laboulbeniomycete)
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