SPHAEROPHORACEAE Fr.
(a family of lichens)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Bunodophoron melanocarpum
a lichen
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 		Species 3 images
Sphaerophorus
a genus of lichens
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHAEROPHORACEAE (a family of lichens)
OrderLECANORALES (an order of lichens)
SubclassLECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
ClassLECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

SPHAEROPHORACEAE (a family of lichens) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHAEROPHORACEAE (a family of lichens)
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