TAPHRINACEAE Gäum.
(tongue fungi)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Protomyces macrosporus
an ascomycete
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 		Species 45 images 1 ident. refs
Taphridium umbelliferarum
an ascomycete
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 		Species 7 images
Taphrina
tongue fungi
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 		Genus 11 subtaxa 59 images 11 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
OrderTAPHRINALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassTAPHRINOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
ClassTAPHRINOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumTAPHRINOMYCOTINA (pneumocystid fungi)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 87 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TAPHRINACEAE (tongue fungi)
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