Clitopilus (Fr. ex Rabenh.) P. Kumm.
(a genus of toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Clitopilus cystidiatus a toadstool	Species			1 ident. refs
Clitopilus daamsii a toadstool	Species			1 ident. refs
Clitopilus hobsonii Miller’s Oysterling	Species		15 images	1 ident. refs
Clitopilus prunulus The Miller	Species		13 images
Clitopilus scyphoides a toadstool	Species	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Clitopilus (unidentified) Unidentified Clitopilus Toadstools	Unidentified		3 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Clitopilus (a genus of toadstools)
Family	ENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
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)

Clitopilus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K.	1975	Basidiospore form in the British species of Clitopilus, Rhodocybe and Rhodotus	Kew Bulletin Vol 30 (1): 19-32+10 plates.
	Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1989	Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics	British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Clitopilus (a genus of toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ENTOLOMATACEAE
(pinkgills)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clitopilus (a genus of toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clitopilus (a genus of toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Clitopilus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)