Geniculifera cystosporia (Dudd.) Rifai
(a nematode-trapping fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Geniculifera cystosporia (a nematode-trapping fungus)
Genus	Geniculifera (a genus of ascomycetes)
Family	ORBILIACEAE (glasscup discomycetes)
Order	ORBILIALES (glasscups)
Subclass	ORBILIOMYCETIDAE (glasscups)
Class	ORBILIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Geniculifera cystosporia is also a member of:
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
	Duddington, C.L.	1951	Two new predacious Hyphomycetes	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 598-603.

Geniculifera cystosporia (a nematode-trapping fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Geniculifera
(a genus of ascomycetes)

ORBILIACEAE
(glasscup discomycetes)

ORBILIOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Geniculifera cystosporia (a nematode-trapping fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geniculifera cystosporia (a nematode-trapping fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Geniculifera cystosporia is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)