Collybia (Fr.) Staude
(shanklet toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Collybia cirrhata Piggyback Shanklet	Species		1 ident. refs
Collybia cookei Splitpea Shanklet	Species		3 ident. refs
Collybia paupertina a fungus	Species		1 ident. refs
Collybia tuberosa Lentil Shanklet	Species	2 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Collybia (shanklet toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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)

Collybia 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
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E.	2010	A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe	Libri Botanici, 480pp, IHW-Verlag
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E.	1997	A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe. Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus	Libri Botanici, Vol 17, 256pp, IHW-Verlag
Komorowska, H.	2000	A new diagnostic character for the genus Collybia (Agaricales)	Mycotaxon 75: 343-346.
Marriott, J. (ed)	1998	* Keys (Newsletter of the B.M.S. Key-Group) No 12 *(Superseded)	http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/keys/index-phpcid951/
Noordeloos, M.E.		Collybia (Fr.) Staude, Schwämme Mitteldeutschl.: 119, 1857	Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3
Pearson, A.A.	1952	New Records and Observations V.	TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.

Collybia (shanklet toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

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 Collybia (shanklet toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Collybia (shanklet toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Collybia is also a member of:

Identification Works

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