Polycoccum peltigerae (Fuckel) Vězda
(a lichenicolous fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus)
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 peltigerae 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
	van der Aa, H.A.	1988	Polycoccum peltigerae and Didymosphaeria arxii sp. nov. and their anamorphs	Stud. Mycol. No. 31.

Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus) 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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polycoccum peltigerae (a lichenicolous fungus)

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