Plectania melastoma (Sowerby) Fuckel
(Corona Cup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Plectania melastoma (Corona Cup)
Family	SARCOSOMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
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)

Plectania melastoma 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
	Clark, M.C.	1984	Recording discomycetes in Worcestershire	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 121-125.
	Dennis, R.W.G.	1971	New or Interesting British Microfungi	Kew Bulletin 25 (2): 335-374.
	Spooner, B.	2002	The larger Cup Fungi in Britain, part 4: Sarcoscyphaceae and Sarcosomataceae	Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 9-14.

Plectania melastoma (Corona Cup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SARCOSOMATACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Plectania melastoma (Corona Cup)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Plectania melastoma (Corona Cup)

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