Pithya cupressina (Batsch) Fuckel
(Juniper Disco)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPithya cupressina (Juniper Disco)
GenusPithya (a genus of fungi)
FamilySARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
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
Anon. Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland s2.fungi.myspecies.info/

Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pithya cupressina (Juniper Disco)

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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