Fomitiporia punctata (P. Karst.) Murrill
(Elbowpatch Crust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Fomitiporia punctata (Elbowpatch Crust)
Genus	Fomitiporia
Family	HYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	HYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (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)

Fomitiporia punctata is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Hymenochaetaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Forest Research	2008	Path News Issue 16: May 2008

Fomitiporia punctata (Elbowpatch Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOCHAETACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

HYMENOCHAETALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fomitiporia punctata (Elbowpatch Crust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fomitiporia punctata (Elbowpatch Crust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Fomitiporia punctata is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)