PEZIZALES J. Schröt.
(cup fungus)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ASCOBOLACEAE
a family of discomycetes
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 		Family 9 subtaxa 22 images 8 ident. refs
ASCODESMIDACEAE
a family of discomycetes
Family 2 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
CALOSCYPHACEAE
a family of fungi
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 19 images 3 ident. refs
CHORIOACTIDACEAE
a family of fungi
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 28 images
DISCINACEAE
a family of discomycetes, truffles and false morels
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Family 7 subtaxa 14 images 7 ident. refs
HELVELLACEAE
false morels, saddle fungi and hypogeous discomycetes
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 		Family 12 subtaxa 121 images 6 ident. refs
MORCHELLACEAE
morels
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 		Family 11 subtaxa 117 images 9 ident. refs
Oedocephalum
a genus of an anamorphic ascomycetes
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
PEZIZACEAE
cup fungi
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 		Family 35 subtaxa 307 images 35 ident. refs
Psilopezia nummularia
a discomycete
Species 1 ident. refs
PYRONEMATACEAE
a family of discomycetes
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Family 101 subtaxa 893 images 122 ident. refs
RHIZINACEAE
a family of discomycetes
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 40 images
SARCOSCYPHACEAE
a family of cup fungi
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 		Family 7 subtaxa 74 images 14 ident. refs
SARCOSOMATACEAE
a family of discomycetes
Family 3 subtaxa 7 ident. refs
TUBERACEAE
a family of truffles
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 16 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Phillips, W. 1893 *** A manual of the British discomycetes ***(Superseded) The International Scientific Series, Vol. LXI, 2nd edition, 462pp, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co.
Spooner, B. 2000 The larger Cup Fungi in Britain - part 1 Field Mycology Field Mycology Vol 1 (4): 137-139.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 419 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
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