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 | Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. - sac fungi |
| subphylum | Saccharomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka |
| class | Saccharomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka |
| subclass | Saccharomycetidae |
| order | Saccharomycetales Kudrjanzev |
| family | Eremotheciaceae Kurtzman. |
| genus | Eremothecium Borzí |
| species | Eremothecium gossypii (S.F. Ashby & W. Nowell) Kurtzman |