Piptoporus P. Karst.
(a genus of bracket fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Piptoporus betulinus Birch Polypore, Razorstrop Fungus					Species		30 images	2 ident. refs
Piptoporus quercinus Oak Polypore					Species		8 images	5 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Piptoporus (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

Piptoporus is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Piptoporus (a genus of bracket fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FOMITOPSIDACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 Piptoporus (a genus of bracket fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Piptoporus (a genus of bracket fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Piptoporus is also a member of:

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