Xylaria cinerea J. Fourn. & M. Stadler
(a stromatic pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)
Genus	Xylaria (a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Family	XYLARIACEAE (a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)
Order	XYLARIALES (an order of pyrenomycetes)
Subclass	SORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
Class	SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Xylaria cinerea is also a member of:
Pyrenomycetes - charcoal fungi (via Sordariomycetes)
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
	Fournier, J., Flessa, F., Persoh, D. & Stadler, M.	2011	Three new Xylaria species from southwestern Europe	Mycological Progress Vol 10: 33-52.
	Henrici, A.	2016	Xylaria cinerea and X. crozonensis: two distinctive additions to the British mycota	Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 7-11.

Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Xylaria
(a genus of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

XYLARIACEAE
(a family of stromatic pyrenomycetes)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xylaria cinerea (a stromatic pyrenomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Xylaria cinerea is also a member of:

Identification Works

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