Cladonia polydactyla (Florke) Spreng.
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen)
Genus	Cladonia (cup lichens)
Family	CLADONIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	LECANORALES (an order of lichens)
Subclass	LECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
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)

Cladonia polydactyla is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Lecanoromycetidae)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen) :
1: Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen)
10 Nov 1974	OSGR: SU96	51° 20’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England
on fallen Pine trunk

2: Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen)
28 Sep 1973	OSGR: SE98	54° 20’ N, 0° 30’ W	Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62)	England

Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladonia
(cup lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cladonia polydactyla (a lichen)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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