Otidea violacea A.L. Sm. & Ramsb.
(an ear fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Otidea violacea (an ear fungus)
Genus	Otidea (ear fungi)
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)

Otidea violacea 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
	Parslow, M. & Spooner, B.	2013	The British species of Otidea: overview and the large-spored species	Mycosystema 32 (3): 347-365.

Otidea violacea (an ear fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Otidea
(ear fungi)

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 Otidea violacea (an ear fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Otidea violacea (an ear fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Otidea violacea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)