Candelariella superdistans (Nyl.) Malme
(a parasitic lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Candelariella superdistans (a parasitic lichen)
Genus	Candelariella (a genus of crustose lichens)
Family	CANDELARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	CANDELARIALES (an order of fungi)
Class	LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Candelariella superdistans 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
	Cosgrove, P. et al	2005	Aspen - Britain’s missing link with the boreal forest	British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 107-115.

Candelariella superdistans (a parasitic lichen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Candelariella
(a genus of crustose lichens)

CANDELARIACEAE
(a family of lichens)

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 Candelariella superdistans (a parasitic lichen)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Candelariella superdistans (a parasitic lichen)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Candelariella superdistans is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)