Octospora Hedw.
(a genus of discomycetes)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Octospora affinis a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Octospora cashiae a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Octospora excipulata a discomycete	Species	34 images
Octospora orthotrichi a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species		1 ident. refs
Octospora rutilans a discomycete	Species	35 images
Octospora vivida a discomycete	Species	17 images
Octospora (unidentified) Unidentified Octospora Discomycetes	Unidentified	15 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Octospora (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)

Octospora 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
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H.	1973	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe	Kew Bulletin vol 28 (1): 5-23.
()	Eckstein, J. & Eckstein, G.	2009	Bryoparasitische Pezizales (Ascomycetes) der Gattungen Lamprospora, Octospora und Neottiella im Alten Botanischen Garten von Göttingen (Deutschland, Niedersachsen)	Herzogia Vol 22: 213-228.
	Eckstein, J.		Bryoparasitic Pezizales	www.octospora.de/index.htm
	Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M.	1996	Notes on British species of Octospora	Mycol. Res. Vol 100 (2): 175-178.

Octospora (a genus of discomycetes) 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 Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Octospora is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)