Limacella illinita (Fr.) Maire
(Dripping Slimecap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Limacella illinita (Dripping Slimecap)
Genus	Limacella (slimecap toadstools)
Family	AMANITACEAE (a family of fungi)
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)

Limacella illinita 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
	Smith, J.	2007	Limacella ochraceolutea in the Bristol area	Field Mycology Vol 8 (3): 97-99.

Limacella illinita (Dripping Slimecap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Limacella
(slimecap toadstools)

AMANITACEAE
(a family of fungi)

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 Limacella illinita (Dripping Slimecap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Limacella illinita (Dripping Slimecap)

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Limacella illinita is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)