Pseudoplectania sphagnophila (Pers.) Kreisel
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pseudoplectania sphagnophila (a discomycete)
Family	SARCOSOMATACEAE (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)

Pseudoplectania sphagnophila 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/
	Dennis, R.W.G.	1969	Two new British discomycetes with smooth spherical ascospores	Kew Bulletin Vol 23 (3): 479-481.

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

SARCOSOMATACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

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 Pseudoplectania sphagnophila (a discomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pseudoplectania sphagnophila (a discomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pseudoplectania sphagnophila is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)