Peniophora polygonia (Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin
(a resupinate fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peniophora polygonia (a resupinate fungus)
Genus	Peniophora (a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi)
Family	PENIOPHORACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peniophora polygonia is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Robinson, K., Burnham, A., Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M.	2011	Fungi associated with Poplars	Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 56-67.

Peniophora polygonia (a resupinate fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peniophora
(a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peniophora polygonia (a resupinate fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Peniophora polygonia (a resupinate fungus)

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Peniophora polygonia is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)