Lobulomyces poculatus (Willoughby & Townley) D.R. Simmons
(a chytrid (keratin saprobe))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lobulomyces poculatus (a chytrid (keratin saprobe))
Subclass	CHYTRIDIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	CHYTRIDIOMYCETES (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Phylum	CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA (chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lobulomyces poculatus is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Chytridiomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Willoughby, L.G. & Townley, P.J.	1961	Two new saprophytic chytrids from the Lake District	TBMS Vol 44 (2): 177-184, Plates 13 & 14.

Lobulomyces poculatus (a chytrid (keratin saprobe) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA
(chytridomycete fungi, chytrids)

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 Lobulomyces poculatus (a chytrid (keratin saprobe)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lobulomyces poculatus is also a member of:

Identification Works

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