Hohenbuehelia mastrucata (Fr.) Singer
(Woolly Oyster)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHohenbuehelia mastrucata (Woolly Oyster)
GenusHohenbuehelia (a genus of oyster fungi)
FamilyPLEUROTACEAE (oyster fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Contu, M. & La Rocca, S. 1999 Funghi dellazone mediterranea insulare italiana Fungi Non Delineati Pars IX.
Overall, A. 2014 Fungi Royale continued: Home Park, Hampton Court Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 12-16.

Hohenbuehelia mastrucata (Woolly Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hohenbuehelia mastrucata (Woolly Oyster)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hohenbuehelia mastrucata (Woolly Oyster)

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