Polydesmia fructicola Korf
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Polydesmia fructicola (a discomycete)
Family	HYALOSCYPHACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Polydesmia fructicola is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
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
	Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner, B.M.	2000	New British Records 166-173	Mycologist Vol 14 (1): 29-31.

Polydesmia fructicola (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYALOSCYPHACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polydesmia fructicola (a discomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polydesmia fructicola (a discomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Polydesmia fructicola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)