Otidea (Pers.) Bonord.
(ear fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Otidea alutacea Tan Ear	Species	22 images
Otidea apophysata Big Ears	Species		1 ident. refs
Otidea bufonia Toad’s Ear	Species	26 images
Otidea cantharella Cupped Ear	Species		1 ident. refs
Otidea onotica Hare’s Ear	Species	30 images	2 ident. refs
Otidea platyspora an ear fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Otidea violacea an ear fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Otidea (unidentified) Unidentified Ear Fungi	Unidentified	4 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Otidea (ear fungi)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	PEZIZALES (cup fungus)
Subclass	PEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
Class	PEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Otidea 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
Olariaga, I., van Vooren, N., Carbone, M. & Hansen, K.	2015	A monograph of Otidea (Pyronemataceae, Pezizomycetes)	Persoonia Vol 35: 166-229.
Parslow, M. & Spooner, B.	2013	The British species of Otidea: overview and the large-spored species	Mycosystema 32 (3): 347-365.
Spooner, B.M.	2005	Key to British species of OTIDEA

Otidea (ear fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

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 Otidea (ear fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Otidea (ear fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Otidea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)