Hysterium angustatum Alb. & Schwein.
(a coffee bean fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus)
GenusHysterium (coffee bean fungi)
FamilyHYSTERIACEAE (a family of hysteroid ascomycetes)
OrderHYSTERIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
SubclassDOTHIDEOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of fungi)
ClassDOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus) :
1: Hysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus)
13 Dec 2014 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Swarm of growing on dead, fallen, decorticate broad-leaved wood
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Hysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hysterium angustatum (a coffee bean fungus)
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