Linostomella sphaerosperma (Fuckel) Petr.
(a pyrenomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Linostomella sphaerosperma (a pyrenomycete)
Family	BOLINIACEAE (a family of pyrenomycetes)
Order	BOLINIALES (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)

Linostomella sphaerosperma 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
	Dennis, R.W.G.	1971	New or Interesting British Microfungi	Kew Bulletin 25 (2): 335-374.

Linostomella sphaerosperma (a pyrenomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Pyrenomycetes
(charcoal fungi)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Linostomella sphaerosperma (a pyrenomycete)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Linostomella sphaerosperma (a pyrenomycete)

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