Hemigrapha asteriscus (Müll. Arg.) R. Sant. ex D. Hawksw.
(a lichenicolous ascomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hemigrapha asteriscus (a lichenicolous ascomycete)
Family	PARMULARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	ASTERINALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (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)

Hemigrapha asteriscus is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Parmulariaceae)
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.	1975	Notes on British Lichenicolous Fungi, I	Kew Bulletin Vol 30 (1): 183-203.

Hemigrapha asteriscus (a lichenicolous ascomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

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 Hemigrapha asteriscus (a lichenicolous ascomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hemigrapha asteriscus (a lichenicolous ascomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hemigrapha asteriscus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)