Mensularia nodulosa (Fr.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch.
(Silvery Porecrust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust)
Family	HYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	HYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete 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)

Mensularia nodulosa is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Hymenochaetaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ainsworth, M.	2010	Alder Carr Fungi - Some British Alder-associated wood-inhabiting fungi	Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 10-15.
Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A.	1996	Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota	210pp, British Mycological Society

Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOCHAETACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

HYMENOCHAETALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mensularia nodulosa (Silvery Porecrust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Mensularia nodulosa is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)