Briancoppinsia cytospora (Vouaux) Diederich, Ertz, Lawrey & van den Boom
(a lichenicolous coelomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesBriancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
FamilyARTHONIACEAE (a family of lichens)
OrderARTHONIALES (an order of lichens)
SubclassARTHONIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
ClassARTHONIOMYCETES (a class of lichens)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Diederich, P., Lawrey, J.D., Sikaroodi, M., van den Boom, P.P.G. & Ertz, D. 2012 Briancoppinsia, a new coelomycetous genus of Arthoniaceae (Arthoniales) for the lichenicolous Phoma cytospora, with a key to this and similar taxa FungalDiversity Vol 52: 1-12.
Hawksworth, D.L. 2004 Fungi living on lichens: a source of unexplored diversity British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 192-199.

Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Briancoppinsia cytospora (a lichenicolous coelomycete)
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