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 | Exobasidiomycetes Begerow, Stoll & R. Bauer |
| order | Georgefischeriales R. Bauer, Begerow & Oberw. |
| family | Georgefischeriaceae R. Bauer, Begerow & Oberw. |
| genus | Jamesdicksonia Thirum., Pavgi & Payak |
| species | Jamesdicksonia scirpicola (Thirum. & J.G. Dicks.) R. Bauer, Begerow, A. Nagler & Oberw. |