Micraspis tetraspora Graddon
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Micraspis tetraspora (a discomycete)
Family	TYMPANIDACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Micraspis tetraspora is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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
	Graddon, W.D.	1984	Some new Discomycete species: 6	TBMS Vol 83 (3): 377-382.

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

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Micraspis tetraspora (a discomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Micraspis tetraspora (a discomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Micraspis tetraspora is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)