Protocrea delicatula (Tul. & C. Tul.) Petch
(a pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Protocrea delicatula (a pyrenomycete)
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 delicatula 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
()	Jaklitsch W.M., Põldmaa K. & Samuels G.J.	2008	Reconsideration of Protocrea (Hypocreales, Hypocreaceae)	Mycologia Vol 100: 962–984.

Protocrea delicatula (a pyrenomycete) may also 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 delicatula (a pyrenomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Protocrea delicatula (a pyrenomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Protocrea delicatula is also a member of:

Identification Works

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