Trichophyton rubrum (Castell.) Sabour.
(Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anamorphic Species	Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)
Genus	Trichophyton (ringworm)
Family	ARTHRODERMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	ONYGENALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	EUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Trichophyton rubrum 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
	NZDSI		Fungal Nail Infections	www.dermnetnz.org/fungal/onychomycosis.html

Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ARTHRODERMATACEAE
(a family 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 Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Trichophyton rubrum (Athlete’s Foot - A causative organism)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Trichophyton rubrum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)