Lacrymaria Pat.
(weeping widow toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Lacrymaria glareosa a toadstool	Species		1 ident. refs
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda Weeping Widow	Species	44 images
Lacrymaria pyrotricha Fiery-haired Weeping Widow	Species	18 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lacrymaria (weeping widow toadstools)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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)

Lacrymaria 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
	Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1987	Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae p.p.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus	British Fungus Flora, Vol 5, 104pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Lacrymaria (weeping widow toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

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 Lacrymaria (weeping widow toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lacrymaria (weeping widow toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lacrymaria is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)