Ceratosphaeria fragilis Wilberf.
(a pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ceratosphaeria fragilis (a pyrenomycete)
Genus	Ceratosphaeria (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	MAGNAPORTHACEAE (a family of ascomycetes)
Order	MAGNAPORTHALES (an order of fungi)
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)

Ceratosphaeria fragilis 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
	Wilberforce, P.W.	1987	A new Ceratosphaeria species on Fagus from East Kent	TBMS Vol 88 (1): 132-133.

Ceratosphaeria fragilis (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Ceratosphaeria fragilis (a pyrenomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ceratosphaeria fragilis (a pyrenomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ceratosphaeria fragilis is also a member of:

Identification Works

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