Poronia erici Lohmeyer & Benkert
(Dung Button)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPoronia erici (Dung Button)
GenusPoronia (a genus of fungi)
FamilyXYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
OrderXYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lohmeyer, T.R. 1994 New European and Australian records of Poronia erici Lohmeyer and Benkert, and a fairy tale concerning their possible relationship Mycologist Vol 08 (01): 16-20.
Spooner, B. 2011 Fungal Portraits No. 48: Poronia erici Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 110.

Poronia erici (Dung Button) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Poronia erici (Dung Button)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Poronia erici (Dung Button)

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