Octospora Hedw.
(a genus of discomycetes)

Octospora (a genus of discomycetes) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Octospora (a genus of discomycetes) 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	No of interactions	No of references
Octospora affinis a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species	1 trophisms	1 references
Octospora axillaris a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora cashiae a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species	1 trophisms	1 references
Octospora coccinea a discomycete	Species	3 trophisms
Octospora convexula a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora crosslandii a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora excipulata a discomycete	Species	2 trophisms
Octospora hetieri a discomycete	Species	3 trophisms
Octospora humosa Hotlips	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora leucoloma a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora melina a discomycete	Species	6 trophisms
Octospora musci-muralis a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora neglecta a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora orthotrichi a bryoparasitic discomycete	Species	2 trophisms	1 references
Octospora polytrichi a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora rubens a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora rustica a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora rutilans a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms
Octospora wrightii a discomycete	Species	1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	PYRONEMATACEAE (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)

Octospora 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 Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dennis, R.W.G. & Itzerott, H.	1973	Octospora and Inermisia in Western Europe	Kew Bulletin vol 28 (1): 5-23.
()	Eckstein, J. & Eckstein, G.	2009	Bryoparasitische Pezizales (Ascomycetes) der Gattungen Lamprospora, Octospora und Neottiella im Alten Botanischen Garten von Göttingen (Deutschland, Niedersachsen)	Herzogia Vol 22: 213-228.
	Eckstein, J.		Bryoparasitic Pezizales	www.octospora.de/index.htm
	Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M.	1996	Notes on British species of Octospora	Mycol. Res. Vol 100 (2): 175-178.

Octospora (a genus 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))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Octospora (a genus 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))

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 101 images of Octospora (a genus of discomycetes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Octospora is also a member of:

Identification Works

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