HYDNACEAE Chevall.
(hedgehog fungi)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hydnum hedgehog fungi	Genus	4 subtaxa	38 images	6 ident. refs
Paullicorticium pearsonii a basidiomycete fungus	Species			1 ident. refs
Repetobasidiellum fusisporum a basidiomycete	Species			2 ident. refs
Sistotrema a genus of basidiomycete fungi	Genus	10 subtaxa		14 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	HYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi)
Order	CANTHARELLALES (chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)
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)

HYDNACEAE is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Cantharellales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Dickson, G.	2003	Notes on Maas Geesteranus’ "The Terrestrial Hydnums of Europe"	Field Mycology Vol 4 (3): 81-83.
Dickson, G.	2000	A field key to British non-resupinate hydnoid fungi	Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 99-104, rear cover.
Maas Geesteranus, R.A.	1975	Die Terrestriche Stachelpilze Europas (The terrestial Hydnums of Europe)

HYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CANTHARELLALES
(chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)

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 HYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 100 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HYDNACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)