Pachyphlodes melanoxantha (Tul. & C. Tul. ex Berk.) Doweld
(Black Pachyphloeus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pachyphlodes melanoxantha (Black Pachyphloeus)
Genus	Pachyphlodes (a genus of fungi)
Family	PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)
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)

Pachyphlodes melanoxantha 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
	Hobart, C.	2013	Pachyphloeus melanoxanthus: a rarely collected hypogeous fungus	Field Mycology Vol 14 (3): 91-92.

Pachyphlodes melanoxantha (Black Pachyphloeus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZACEAE
(cup 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 Pachyphlodes melanoxantha (Black Pachyphloeus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pachyphlodes melanoxantha (Black Pachyphloeus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pachyphlodes melanoxantha is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)