Parasola Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple
(pleated inkcaps)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Parasola aff. galericuliformis an inkcap	Species	6 images
Parasola auricoma Goldenhaired Inkcap	Species		2 ident. refs
Parasola conopilea Conical Brittlestem	Species	12 images	2 ident. refs
Parasola cuniculorum a pleated inkcap	Species		1 ident. refs
Parasola galericuliformis an inkcap	Species		1 ident. refs
Parasola kuehneri an inkcap	Species		1 ident. refs
Parasola leiocephala Bald Inkcap	Species	9 images	1 ident. refs
Parasola lilatincta Lilac Inkcap	Species		3 ident. refs
Parasola megasperma a pleated inkcap	Species		2 ident. refs
Parasola misera Least Inkcap	Species	9 images	2 ident. refs
Parasola plicatilis Pleated Inkcap, Little Japanese Umbrella	Species	28 images	1 ident. refs
Parasola schroeteri an inkcap	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Parasola (pleated inkcaps)
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)

Parasola 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
	Melzer, A.	2013	Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Parasola	www.vielepilze.de/coprinus/coprinus.html
	Orton, P.D. & Watling, R.	1979	Coprinaceae: Coprinus	British Fungus Flora, Vol 2, 149pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
()	Schafer, D.J.	2014	The genus Parasola in Britain including Parasola cuniculorum sp. nov.	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 77-99.
	Schafer, D.J.	2010	Keys to sections of Parasola, Coprinellus, Coprinopsis and Coprinus in Britain	Field Mycology Vol 11 (2): 44-51, rear cover.
	Uljé, C.B. & Bas, C.	1988	Studies in Coprinus-I. Subsections Auricomi and Glabri of Coprinus section Pseudocoprinus	Studies in Coprinus Persoonia Vol 13: 433-448.
	Uljé, C.B.		Genus Coprinus Pers.	Arnolds, E. Genus Conocybe Fay., 60pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 6
	Uljé, K.		Studies in Coprinus	www.grzyby.pl/coprinus-site-Kees-Uljee/cindex.htm

Parasola (pleated inkcaps) 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 Parasola (pleated inkcaps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 29 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Parasola (pleated inkcaps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Parasola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)