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 | Leotiomycetes |
| subclass | Leotiomycetidae |
| order | Helotiales Nannf. |
| family | Sclerotiniaceae |
| genus | Botrytis P. Micheli ex Pers. |
| species | Botrytis cinerea Pers. - Grey Mould |
| varietas | Botrytis cinerea var. sclerotiophila (Klotzsch) Sacc. |