Taphrina Fr.
(tongue fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Taphrina alni
Alder Tongue
Species 2 ident. refs
Taphrina betulina
Birch Besom
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 		Species 4 images
Taphrina bullata
a tongue fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Taphrina caerulescens
a tongue fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Taphrina insititiae
Plum Witches’ Broom
Species 1 ident. refs
Taphrina johansonii
Aspen Tongue
Species 2 ident. refs
Taphrina populina
Golden Leaf, Yellow Leaf Blister
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 		Species 18 images 1 ident. refs
Taphrina pruni
Pocket Plum - causative organism
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 		Species 8 images
Taphrina rhizophora
a tongue fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Taphrina sadebeckii
a tongue fungus
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 		Species 15 images 1 ident. refs
Taphrina tosquinetii
Alder Wrinkle
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 		Species 14 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTaphrina (tongue fungi)
FamilyTAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
OrderTAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassTAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassTAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumTAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Taphrina (tongue fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Taphrina (tongue fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 64 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Taphrina (tongue fungi)
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