Clitopilus hobsonii (Berk.) P.D. Orton
(Miller’s Oysterling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
GenusClitopilus (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling) :
1: Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
20 May 2004 OSGR: SX76 50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Single fruitbody on dead cut Apple log in wood pile
Image 1: Cap - enlargedImage 2: Gills - enlargedImage 3: Spores - magnifiedImage 4: Spores - magnified (2)Image 5: Spores - magnified (3)Image 6: Spores - highly magnified
2: Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
25 Sep 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: In situImage 2: Upturned to show gillsImage 3: Cap - enlargedImage 4: Cap - enlarged (2)Image 5: Gills - enlargedImage 6: Cap tomentum hyphae - magnifiedImage 7: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 8: DescriptionImage 9: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Delivoras, P. & Gonou-Zagou, Z. 2011 Not without a microscope: Look-alike species of Cheimonophyllum, Clitopilis, Creipidotus and Entoloma Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 49-53.

Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clitopilus hobsonii (Miller’s Oysterling)
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