Inonotus cuticularis (Bull.) P. Karst.
(Clustered Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket)
Genus	Inonotus (a genus of bracket fungi)
Family	HYMENOCHAETACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
Order	HYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
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)

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

Records of Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket) :
1: Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket)
4 Oct 2003	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on fallen Beech bough

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature

Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Inonotus
(a genus of bracket fungi)

HYMENOCHAETACEAE
(a family of bracket fungi)

HYMENOCHAETALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

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 Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Inonotus cuticularis (Clustered Bracket)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Inonotus cuticularis is also a member of:

Identification Works

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