Laccaria Berk. & Broome
(deceiver toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Laccaria amethystina Amethyst Deceiver	Species	26 images
Laccaria bicolor Bicoloured Deceiver	Species	11 images
Laccaria fraterna Gumtree Deceiver	Species		5 ident. refs
Laccaria laccata Deceiver	Species	29 images
Laccaria proxima Scurfy Deceiver	Species	16 images
Laccaria purpureobadia a toadstool	Species	3 images	1 ident. refs
Laccaria tortilis Twisted Deceiver	Species	16 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Laccaria (deceiver toadstools)
Family	HYDNANGIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Orton, P.D.	1960	* New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
	Vellinga, E.C.		Tribus Laccariae (Jülich) Bas in Persoonia 14: 235. 1990	Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3

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

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

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 Laccaria (deceiver toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Laccaria (deceiver toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Laccaria is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)