Biatoropsis usnearum Räsänen
(a jelly fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus)
Family	TREMELLACEAE (a family of jelly fungi)
Order	TREMELLALES (an order of jelly fungi)
Class	TREMELLOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Biatoropsis usnearum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Diederich, P. & Christiansen, M.S.	1994	Biatoropsis usnearum Rasanen, and other heterobasidiomycetes on Usnea	Lichenologist Vol 26 (1): 47-66.

Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TREMELLOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Biatoropsis usnearum (a jelly fungus)

A mainly Scottish taxon, with single records from Wales and Ireland.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Biatoropsis usnearum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)