Phacidium lauri (Sowerby) Crous & D. Hawksw.
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phacidium lauri (a discomycete)
Genus	Phacidium (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PHACIDIACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phacidium lauri is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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
	Kirk, P.M. & Spooner, B.M.	1989	Ascomycetes on leaf litter of Laurus nobilis and Hedera helix	Mycol. Res. Vol 092 (3): 335-346.

Phacidium lauri (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phacidium lauri (a discomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phacidium lauri (a discomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phacidium lauri is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)