[Gasteromycetes] Fr.
(puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hydnotrya
a genus of truffles
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
TUBERACEAE
a family of truffles
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 16 images 4 ident. refs
Hydnangium carneum
Flesh-pink Truffle
Species 3 ident. refs
HYGROPHORACEAE
waxcaps and woodwaxes
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 		Family 63 subtaxa 1,304 images 55 ident. refs
RHIZOPOGONACEAE
beard truffles
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
SCLERODERMATACEAE
earthballs and dyeballs
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 		Family 6 subtaxa 130 images 5 ident. refs
Gautieria
a genus of false truffles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Gymnomyces xanthosporus
a truffle
Species 1 ident. refs
STEPHANOSPORACEAE
a family of false truffles
Family 5 subtaxa 9 ident. refs
GEASTRACEAE
earthstars
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 		Family 16 subtaxa 177 images 28 ident. refs
HYSTERANGIACEAE
stinkhorn truffles
Family 1 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Hysterangium
stinkhorn truffles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
PHALLACEAE
stinkhorns and cage fungi
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 		Family 10 subtaxa 105 images 18 ident. refs
ENDOGONALES
pea truffles
Order 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F. 1986 Non-gilled Fungi Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 2, 412pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
Demoulin, V. & Marriott, J.V.R. 1981 Key to the Gasteromycetes of Great Britain 56pp, British Mycological Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1990 Fungi without gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes) an identification handbook 329pp, Chapman and Hall
Gregory, P.H. & Nixon, H.L. 1950 Electron micrographs of spores of some British Gasteromycetes. TBMS Vol 33 (3+4): 359-363, IN19-20.
Hawker, L.E. 1954 *** British Hypogeous Fungi ***(Superseded) Philosophical Transactions, Series B., No 650, Vol 237, 118pp, The Royal Society of London
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R. 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction British Fungus Flora, 1, 58pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Orton, P.D. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Pegler, D.N., Spooner, B.M. & Young, T.W.K. 1993 British Truffles: a Revision of British Hypogeous Fungi 216+platespp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 359 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)
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