Elaphomyces Nees
(a genus of false truffles)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Elaphomyces aculeatus a false truffle	Species		1 ident. refs
Elaphomyces cyanosporus a false truffle	Species		1 ident. refs
Elaphomyces decipiens a false truffle	Species		1 ident. refs
Elaphomyces granulatus False Truffle, Hart’s Truffle, Granulated Elaphomyces	Species	8 images
Elaphomyces muricatus Marbled False Truffle	Species	15 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Elaphomyces (a genus of false truffles)
Family	ELAPHOMYCETACEAE (a family of hypogeous ascomycetes)
Order	EUROTIALES (an order of ascomycetes)
Subclass	EUROTIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes)
Class	EUROTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Elaphomyces is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Molia, A., Larsson, E., Jeppson, M., Læssøe, T. & Larsson, K.-H.	2020	Elaphomyces section Elaphomyces (Eurotiales, Ascomycota) — taxonomy and phylogeny of North European taxa, with the introduction of three new species	Fungal Systematics and Evolution Vol 5: 283-300.

Elaphomyces (a genus of false truffles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

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 Elaphomyces (a genus of false truffles)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Elaphomyces (a genus of false truffles)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Elaphomyces is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)