Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.
(a lichen)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cladonia macilenta (a lichen)
Genus	Cladonia (cup lichens)
Family	CLADONIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	LECANORALES (an order of lichens)
Subclass	LECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
Class	LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cladonia macilenta is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Lecanoromycetidae)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Cladonia macilenta (a lichen) :
1: Cladonia macilenta (a lichen)
23 Mar 2014	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
on wet heath

2: Cladonia macilenta (a lichen) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
15 Feb 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on small dead stump

Cladonia macilenta (a lichen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cladonia
(cup lichens)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cladonia macilenta (a lichen)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cladonia macilenta (a lichen)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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