MICROTHYRIALES G. Arnaud
(an order of fly speck fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
LEPTOPELTIDACEAE
a family of fly speck fungi
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Leptopeltis
a genus of fly speck fungi
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
MICROPELTIDACEAE
a family of fly speck fungi
Family 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
MICROTHYRIACEAE
a family of fly speck fungi
Family 5 subtaxa 9 ident. refs
SCHIZOTHYRIACEAE
a family of fly speck fungi
Family 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Schizothyrium
a genus of fly-speck fungi
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderMICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck fungi)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
von Arx, J.A. & Muller, E. 1975 A re-evaluation of the bitunicate ascomycetes with keys to families and genera Stud. Mycol. 9.

Generic Key

Ellis, J.P. 1976 British Microthyrium species and similar fungi TBMS Vol 67 (3): 381-394.

MICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MICROTHYRIALES (an order of fly speck fungi)
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