Sarcosphaera coronaria (Jacq.) J. Schröt.
(Violet Crowncup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sarcosphaera coronaria (Violet Crowncup)
Family	PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sarcosphaera coronaria is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Evans, S	2004	Conservation Corner (April 2004)	Field Mycology Vol 5 (2): 67-69.
	Roberts, P.	2010	Fungi (April 2010)	British Wildlife Vol 21 (4): 288-289.

Sarcosphaera coronaria (Violet Crowncup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarcosphaera coronaria (Violet Crowncup)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarcosphaera coronaria (Violet Crowncup)

Vulnerable

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sarcosphaera coronaria is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)