Micarea Fr.
(a genus of lichens)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Micarea melaena a lichen					Species		1 images
Micarea prasinella a lichen					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Micarea (a genus of lichens)
Family	PILOCARPACEAE (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)

Micarea 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Coppins, B.J.	1983	A taxonomic study of the lichen genus Micarea in Europe	Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 11 (2): 17-214.

Micarea (a genus of lichens) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Micarea (a genus of lichens)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Micarea (a genus of lichens)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Micarea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)