Taphrina alni (Berk. & Broome) Gjaerum
(Alder Tongue)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Taphrina alni (Alder Tongue)
Genus	Taphrina (tongue fungi)
Family	TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
Order	TAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	TAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	TAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	TAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Taphrina alni 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ellis, H.A.	2000	Fungus-induced galls on Alder catkins	Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 78-80.
	Robinson, K.	2010	Alder Carr Fungi - Microfungi on Alder	Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 23-24.

Taphrina alni (Alder Tongue) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TAPHRINALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

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 Taphrina alni (Alder Tongue)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Taphrina alni (Alder Tongue)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Taphrina alni is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)