Podospora communis (Speg.) Niessl
(a pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Podospora communis (a pyrenomycete)
Genus	Podospora (a genus of pyrenomycetes)
Family	LASIOSPHAERIACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	SORDARIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (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)

Podospora communis is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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
	Hodge, V.	2016	Sordid news from the south: one new British member of the Sordariales and one rarely recorded	Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 12-15.

Podospora communis (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Podospora communis (a pyrenomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Podospora communis (a pyrenomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Podospora communis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)