PENIOPHORACEAE Lotsy
(a family of fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Gloiothele lactescens a basidiomycete	Species			3 ident. refs
Peniophora a genus of resupinate basiomycete fungi	Genus	11 subtaxa	79 images	10 ident. refs
Vesiculomyces citrinus a basidiomycete fungus	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

PENIOPHORACEAE 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.)

PENIOPHORACEAE (a family of fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 PENIOPHORACEAE (a family of fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 164 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PENIOPHORACEAE (a family of fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PENIOPHORACEAE is also a member of:

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