Hysterium Pers.
(coffee bean fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hysterium angustatum a coffee bean fungus					Species		19 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hysterium (coffee bean fungi)
Family	HYSTERIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
Order	HYSTERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
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)

Hysterium 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
	Bisby, G.R.	1941	* British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 25(2): 127-140,IN1.

Hysterium (coffee bean fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYSTERIALES
(an order of ascomycetes)

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 Hysterium (coffee bean fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hysterium (coffee bean fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hysterium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)