OSTROPALES Nannf.
(an order of lichens and ascomycetes)

OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
FISSURINACEAE a family of lichens		Family	1 subtaxa		1 references
	Fissurina a genus of lichens	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 references
GRAPHIDACEAE a family of lichens		Family	8 subtaxa	18 trophisms	1 references
ODONTOTREMATACEAE a family of lichens and ascomycetes		Family	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
STICTIDACEAE a family of ascomycetes		Family	11 subtaxa	34 trophisms	7 references
THROMBIACEAE		Family	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Order	OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes)
Subclass	OSTROPOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

OSTROPALES 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.)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Sherwood, M.A.	1977	The Ostropalean Fungi	Mycotaxon 5(1): 1-277.

OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes) 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)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 120 images of OSTROPALES (an order of lichens and ascomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

OSTROPALES is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)