Peziza micropus Pers.
(a cup fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Peziza micropus (a cup fungus)
Genus	Peziza (a genus of cup 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)

Peziza micropus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Peziza)
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
	Legon, N. & Spooner, B.M.	1990	Profiles of Fungi No. 27: Peziza micropus Pers.	Mycologist Vol 04 (2): 86.
	Robinson, K.	2013	Spring foraying in the Forest of Dean	Field Mycology Vol 14 (2): 41-44.

Peziza micropus (a cup fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Peziza
(a genus of cup fungi)

PEZIZACEAE
(cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Peziza micropus (a cup fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Peziza micropus (a cup fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Peziza micropus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)