Taphrina caerulescens (Desm. & Mont.) Tul.
(a tongue fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Taphrina caerulescens (a tongue fungus)
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 caerulescens 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
	Spooner, B.	2007	A Taphrina species on Quercus ilex in Britain	Field Mycology Vol 8 (3): 77-79.

Taphrina caerulescens (a tongue fungus) 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 caerulescens (a tongue fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Taphrina caerulescens (a tongue fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Taphrina caerulescens is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)