Protocrea Petch
(a genus of fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Protocrea delicatula a pyrenomycete					Species			1 ident. refs
Protocrea farinosa a pyrenomycete					Species		28 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Protocrea (a genus of fungi)
Family	HYPOCREACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	HYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
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)

Protocrea 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.)

Protocrea (a genus of fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPOCREACEAE
(a family of pyrenomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

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 Protocrea (a genus of fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Protocrea (a genus of fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Protocrea is also a member of:

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