Dactylospora microspora Etayo
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Dactylospora microspora (a lichen)
Genus	Dactylospora (a genus of lichens)
Family	DACTYLOSPORACEAE (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)

Dactylospora microspora 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hawksworth, D.L.	1994	Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: VII	Lichenologist Vol 26 (4): 337-347.

Dactylospora microspora (a lichen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Dactylospora microspora (a lichen)

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

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Dactylospora microspora is also a member of:

Identification Works

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