Pithya vulgaris Fuckel
(Fir Disco)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pithya vulgaris (Fir Disco)
Genus	Pithya (a genus of fungi)
Family	SARCOSCYPHACEAE (a family of cup fungi)
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)

Pithya vulgaris 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
	Anon.		Fungi of Great Britain and Ireland	s2.fungi.myspecies.info/

Pithya vulgaris (Fir Disco) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SARCOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of cup fungi)

PEZIZALES
(cup fungus)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pithya vulgaris (Fir Disco)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pithya vulgaris (Fir Disco)

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