Homostegia piggotii (Berk. & Broome) P. Karst.
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Homostegia piggotii (a lichenicolous fungus)
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)

Homostegia piggotii is also a member of:
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.	2004	Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity	British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 192-199.

Homostegia piggotii (a lichenicolous fungus) 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)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Homostegia piggotii (a lichenicolous fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Homostegia piggotii (a lichenicolous fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Homostegia piggotii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)