Pleospora physciae
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pleospora physciae (a lichenicolous fungus)
Genus	Pleospora (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	PLEOSPORACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	PLEOSPORALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	DOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
Class	DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pleospora physciae 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
()	Hafellner, J. & Zimmermann, E.	2012	A lichenicolous species of Pleospora (ascomycota) and a key to the fungi invading Physcia species	Herzogia Vol 25 (1): 47-59.

Pleospora physciae (a lichenicolous fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pleospora
(a genus of ascomycetes)

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pleospora physciae (a lichenicolous fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pleospora physciae is also a member of:

Identification Works

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