Polycoccum kerneri J. Steiner
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Polycoccum kerneri (a lichen)
Genus	Polycoccum (a genus of lichens)
Family	DACAMPIACEAE (a family of lichens)
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)

Polycoccum kerneri is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Dacampiaceae)
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
	Hawksworth, D.L.	1994	Notes on British lichenicolous fungi: VII	Lichenologist Vol 26 (4): 337-347.

Polycoccum kerneri (a lichen) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLEOSPORALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

DOTHIDEOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polycoccum kerneri (a lichen)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polycoccum kerneri (a lichen)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Polycoccum kerneri is also a member of:

Identification Works

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