Protocrea farinosa (Berk. & Broome) Petch
(a pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesProtocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete)
GenusProtocrea (a genus of fungi)
FamilyHYPOCREACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) :
1: Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
10 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on underside of slab of very white-rotten ?oak wood
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Jaklitsch W.M., Põldmaa K. & Samuels G.J. 2008 Reconsideration of Protocrea (Hypocreales, Hypocreaceae) Mycologia Vol 100: 962–984.
Jaklitsch, W.M. 2011 European species of Hypocrea part II: species with hyaline ascospores FungalDiversity Vol 48: 1–250.

Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Protocrea farinosa (a pyrenomycete)
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