Phyllotopsis nidulans (Pers.) Singer
(Orange Oyster, Orange Mock Oyster)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllotopsis nidulans (Orange Oyster, Orange Mock Oyster)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
() Bas, C. Pleurotaceae Bas, C. Pleurotaceae, 12pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2
Lucas, A. 2005 Readers’ recent finds (Apr 2005) Field Mycology Vol 6 (2): 64.
Rogerson, S. & Ainsworth, M. 2005 Readers’ Recent Finds Field Mycology Vol 16(2): 64.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M. 1989 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Phyllotopsis nidulans (Orange Oyster, Orange Mock Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phyllotopsis nidulans (Orange Oyster, Orange Mock Oyster)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phyllotopsis nidulans (Orange Oyster, Orange Mock Oyster)

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