Erythricium aurantiacum (Lasch) D. Hawksw. & A. Henrici
(a lichenicolous basidiomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Erythricium aurantiacum (a lichenicolous basidiomycete)
Genus	Erythricium (a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)
Family	CORTICIACEAE (a family of resupinate fungi)
Order	CORTICIALES (an order of fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Erythricium aurantiacum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Hawksworth, D.L. & Henrici, A.	2015	New resting places for Laeticorticium quercinum and Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum	Field Mycology Vol 16 (1): 16-17.
Roberts, P.	2011	Marchandiobasidium aurantiacum and Efibulobasidium rolleyi: two unusual fungi on a Welsh apple twig	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 132-134.
Roberts, P.	2010	Wildlife Reports: Fungi (Oct 2010)	British Wildlife Vol 22(1): 63-64.

Erythricium aurantiacum (a lichenicolous basidiomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Erythricium
(a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)

CORTICIACEAE
(a family of resupinate fungi)

CORTICIALES
(an order of fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erythricium aurantiacum (a lichenicolous basidiomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erythricium aurantiacum (a lichenicolous basidiomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erythricium aurantiacum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)