Agaricales

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
AGARICACEAE mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests		Family	134 subtaxa	1,781 images	178 ident. refs
AMANITACEAE a family of fungi		Family	36 subtaxa	434 images	53 ident. refs
BOLBITIACEAE fieldcap and conecap toadstools		Family	37 subtaxa	290 images	40 ident. refs
CHROMOCYPHELLACEAE a family of cyphellaceous basidiomycetes		Family	1 subtaxa	39 images	2 ident. refs
CLAVARIACEAE fairy clubs		Family	35 subtaxa	371 images	45 ident. refs
CORTINARIACEAE webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy		Family	148 subtaxa	1,315 images	161 ident. refs
CYPHELLACEAE a family of cyphelloid fungi		Family	4 subtaxa	3 images	8 ident. refs
Dissoderma a genus of fungi		Genus	4 subtaxa	5 images	11 ident. refs
ENTOLOMATACEAE pinkgills		Family	90 subtaxa	1,542 images	87 ident. refs
FISTULINACEAE a family of bracket fungi		Family	1 subtaxa	15 images
GALEROPSIDACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	7 subtaxa	99 images	7 ident. refs
HYDNANGIACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	8 subtaxa	101 images	12 ident. refs
HYGROPHORACEAE waxcaps and woodwaxes		Family	63 subtaxa	1,304 images	55 ident. refs
INOCYBACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	75 subtaxa	813 images	76 ident. refs
LYOPHYLLACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	28 subtaxa	331 images	34 ident. refs
MARASMIACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	31 subtaxa	395 images	48 ident. refs
MESOPHELLIACEAE a family of false-truffles		Family	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
MYCENACEAE bonnet toadstools and their allies		Family	61 subtaxa	1,042 images	63 ident. refs
NIACEAE a family of cyphelloid basidiomycetes		Family	6 subtaxa	105 images	2 ident. refs
OMPHALOTACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	29 subtaxa	351 images	50 ident. refs
Panaeolina foenisecii Brown Mottlegill, Haymaker, Brown Hay Cap		Species		20 images	2 ident. refs
PHYSALACRIACEAE a family of toadstools and chanterelles		Family	23 subtaxa	266 images	50 ident. refs
PLEUROTACEAE oyster fungi		Family	12 subtaxa	126 images	24 ident. refs
Plicatura crispa Crimped Gill		Species			3 ident. refs
Plicatura nivea a basidiomycete fungus		Species			1 ident. refs
PLUTEACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	30 subtaxa	658 images	60 ident. refs
POROTHELEACEAE a family of fungi		Family	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
	Porotheleum a genus of fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
PSATHYRELLACEAE a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools		Family	121 subtaxa	921 images	169 ident. refs
PTERULACEAE a family of coral fungi		Family	10 subtaxa	66 images	13 ident. refs
SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE a family of basidiomycete fungi		Family	3 subtaxa	63 images	6 ident. refs
STROPHARIACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	86 subtaxa	1,121 images	135 ident. refs
TRICHOLOMATACEAE a family of toadstools		Family	144 subtaxa	1,614 images	214 ident. refs
TUBARIACEAE a family of fungi		Family	5 subtaxa	148 images	8 ident. refs
TYPHULACEAE a family of minute club fungi		Family	10 subtaxa	98 images	9 ident. refs

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery	www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp
	Andersson, I.		Swedish Fungi	swefungi.se/swindex.html
	Bon, M.	1999	Les Collybio-Marasmioides et ressemblants	Gymnopilus dilepis, 5, 171pp, Marcel Bon
	Bon, M.	1997	Clitocybes, Omphales et ressemblants	Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 4, 181pp, Marcel Bon
	Bresadola, G.	1927	* Iconographia Mycologica *(Superseded)
	Dam, N., Kuyper, T.W.	2013	Veldgids Paddenstoelen: Plaatjeszwammen en Boleten	Veldgids (Field Guides), 423pp, KNNV Publishing
	Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R.	1969	Agarics and Boleti - Introduction	British Fungus Flora, 1, 58pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
()	Lange, J.E.	1935	Flora Agaricina Danica (5 volumes)	Danish Botanical Society
()	Marchand, A.	1971	Champignons du Nord et du Midi (9 volumes)	over 2,000 in totalpp, Société Mycologique des Pyrénées Méditerranéenes
	McAdam, A.	2007	Keys to the genera of Agarics and Boletes	95pp, British Mycological Society
	Noordeloos, M.		Machiel’s Website	www.entoloma.nl/
	Orton, P.D.	1960	* New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
	Petersen, J.H., Gaba, A. & Laessøe, T.		Morphing Mushroom Identifier	www.mycokey.com/newMycoKeySite/MycoKeyIdentQuick.html

AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5,887 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

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Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

AGARICALES Underw.
(mushrooms and toadstools)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

AGARICALES is also a member of:

Identification Works

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