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 | Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka |
| class | Sordariomycetes |
| subclass | Sordariomycetidae |
| Sordariomycetidae incertae sedis | |
| family | Magnaporthaceae |
| genus | Magnaporthe R.A. Krause & R.K. Webster |
| species | Magnaporthe salvinii (Catt.) R.A. Krause & R.K. Webster |