Eutypa spinosa (Pers.) Tul. & C. Tul.
(Spiral Tarcrust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Eutypa spinosa (Spiral Tarcrust)
Genus	Eutypa (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Family	DIATRYPACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Eutypa spinosa is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature

Eutypa spinosa (Spiral Tarcrust) 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)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eutypa spinosa (Spiral Tarcrust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eutypa spinosa (Spiral Tarcrust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Eutypa spinosa is also a member of:

Identification Works

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