Pleospora Rabenh. ex Ces. & De Not.
(a genus of ascomycetes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Pleospora herbarum
an ascomycete
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 		Species 17 images 1 ident. refs
Pleospora physciae
a lichenicolous fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Pleospora triglochinicola
an ascomycete
Species 1 ident. refs
Pleospora xanthoriae
a lichenicolous fungus
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPleospora (a genus of ascomycetes)
FamilyPLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
OrderPLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

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Lichenicolous Species

Khodosovtsev, A.Y. & Darmostuk, V.V. 2016 Pleospora xanthoriae sp. nov. (Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales), a new lichenicolous fungus on Xanthoria parietina from Ukraine, with a key to the known lichenicolous species of Dacampia and Pleospora Opuscula Philolichenum Vol 15: 6-11.

Pleospora (a genus of ascomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pleospora (a genus of ascomycetes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 85 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pleospora (a genus of ascomycetes)
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