Leucoscypha erminea (E. Bommer & M. Rousseau) Boud.
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leucoscypha erminea (a discomycete)
Genus	Leucoscypha (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Leucoscypha erminea 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
	Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	Notes on British species of Leucoscypha with a new combination in Melastiza	Mycol. Res. Vol 99 (12): 1513-1514.

Leucoscypha erminea (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

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 Leucoscypha erminea (a discomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leucoscypha erminea (a discomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Leucoscypha erminea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)