ORBILIACEAE Nannf.
(glasscup discomycetes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Genus 5 subtaxa 7 ident. refs
Genus 4 subtaxa 6 ident. refs
Genus 3 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Species 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
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Genus 7 subtaxa 23 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
OrderORBILIALES (glasscups)
SubclassORBILIOMYCETIDAE (glasscups)
ClassORBILIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Baral, H.-O. Images of Orbiliomycetes (Ascomycetes) www.gbif-mycology.de/HostedSites/Baral/imageorbi.htm
Baral, H.O. 2003 Dichotomous key to the genera and species of Orbiliomycetes, based on characters of living specimens

Anamorphs

Hoog, G.S. de & van Oorschot, C.A.N. 1985 Key to the genera and check-list of epithets Taxonomy of the Dactylaria complex (part VI) Stud. Mycol. No. 26.
Hoog, G.S. de 1985 Dactylaria, Neta, Subulispora and Scolecobasidium Taxonomy of the Dactylaria complex (part IV) Stud. Mycol. No. 26.

ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 152 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
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