Pleospora xanthoriae
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pleospora xanthoriae (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 xanthoriae 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
	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 xanthoriae (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 xanthoriae (a lichenicolous fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pleospora xanthoriae is also a member of:

Identification Works

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