Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Fungi Whittaker - fungi |
| divisio | Basidiomycota R. T. Moore - club fungi |
| subphylum | Ustilaginomycotina |
| class | Ustilaginomycetes R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky |
| order | Ustilaginales G. Winter |
| family | Ustilaginaceae Tul. & C. Tul. |
| genus | Ustilago (Pers.) Roussel |
| species | Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr. |