GOMPHIDIACEAE Maire ex Jülich
(spike toadstools)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Chroogomphus a genus of fungi					Genus	1 subtaxa	32 images
Gomphidius spike toadstools					Genus	3 subtaxa	66 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	GOMPHIDIACEAE (spike toadstools)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Watling, R.	1970	* Boletaceae, Gomphidaceae, Paxillaceae *(Superseded)	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, 125pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

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

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

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 GOMPHIDIACEAE (spike toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GOMPHIDIACEAE (spike toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

GOMPHIDIACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)