Spirosphaera Beverw.
(a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Spirosphaera (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spirosphaera is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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
	Voglmayr, H.	2004	Spirosphaera cupreorufescens sp. nov., a rare aeroaquatic fungus	Stud. Mycol. Vol 50: 221-228.

Spirosphaera (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spirosphaera (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Spirosphaera (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Spirosphaera is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)