Octospora orthotrichi (Cooke & Ellis) K.B. Khare & V.P. Tewari, 1978
(a bryoparasitic discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOctospora orthotrichi (a bryoparasitic discomycete)
GenusOctospora (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Egertova, Z., Eckstein, J. & Vega, M. 2015 Lamprospora tuberculata, Octospora ithacaensis, O. orthotrichi and O. affinis – four bryoparasitic ascomycetes new to the Czech Republic Czech Mycology Vol 67 (2): 119-133.

Octospora orthotrichi (a bryoparasitic discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Octospora orthotrichi (a bryoparasitic discomycete)
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