SARCOSOMATACEAE Kobayasi
(a family of discomycetes)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of ID refs
Plectania melastoma Corona Cup	Species	3 ident. refs
Pseudoplectania nigrella Ebony Cup	Species	1 ident. refs
Pseudoplectania sphagnophila a discomycete	Species	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

SARCOSOMATACEAE 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
	Spooner, B.	2002	The larger Cup Fungi in Britain, part 4: Sarcoscyphaceae and Sarcosomataceae	Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 9-14.

SARCOSOMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes) 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 SARCOSOMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SARCOSOMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

SARCOSOMATACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)