PEZIZACEAE Dumort.
(cup fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Adelphella babingtonii a discomycete	Species		31 images	1 ident. refs
Boudiera acanthospora a discomycete	Species			1 ident. refs
Chromelosporium a genus of anamorphic fungi	Genus	3 subtaxa	44 images	1 ident. refs
Iodophanus a genus of fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa	10 images
Pachyella a genus of discomycetes	Genus	2 subtaxa	10 images	3 ident. refs
Pachyphlodes a genus of fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa		3 ident. refs
Peziza a genus of cup fungi	Genus	21 subtaxa	212 images	19 ident. refs
Plicaria a genus of discomycetes	Genus			2 ident. refs
Ruhlandiella berolinensis a pezizoid truffle	Species			1 ident. refs
Sarcosphaera coronaria Violet Crowncup	Species			2 ident. refs
Terfezia arenaria Moroccan Desert Truffle	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

PEZIZACEAE 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
	Spooner, B.	2001	The larger Cup Fungi in Britain - part 2: Pezizaceae (excluding Peziza & Plicaria)	Field Mycology Vol 2 (1): 17-20.

PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 70 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PEZIZACEAE (cup fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PEZIZACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)