Crepidotus (Fr.) Staude
(oysterlings)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Crepidotus applanatus Flat Oysterling	Species	1 subtaxa	22 images	1 ident. refs
Crepidotus autochthonus Grounded Oysterling	Species			1 ident. refs
Crepidotus carpaticus an oysterling	Species			3 ident. refs
Crepidotus caspari Pale Oysterling	Species		17 images
Crepidotus cesatii Roundspored Oysterling	Species		22 images
Crepidotus cinnabarinus Cinnabar Oysterling	Species			2 ident. refs
Crepidotus crocophyllus Saffron Oysterling	Species			1 ident. refs
Crepidotus epibryus Grass Oysterling	Species		16 images
Crepidotus mollis Peeling Oysterling, Soft Slipper Toadstool	Species		42 images
Crepidotus variabilis Variable Oysterling	Species		10 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Crepidotus (oysterlings)
Family	INOCYBACEAE (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)

Crepidotus 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
Orton, P.D.	1960	* Crepidotus, in NCL *(Superseded)	Trans. Brit. mycol Soc. 43 (2) in Orton, P.D., 1960. Crepidotus, in NCL. Trans. Brit. mycol Soc. 43 (2), 4pp, New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list
Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K.	1972	Basidiospore form in the British species of Crepidotus	Kew Bulletin Vol 27 (2): 311-323+17 plates.
Senn-Irlet, B.	1995	The Genus Crepidotus in Europe	Persoonia Vol 16, Part 1: 1-80.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1989	Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics	British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Crepidotus (oysterlings) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Crepidotus (oysterlings)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 104 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crepidotus (oysterlings)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Crepidotus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)