Pleurocybella porrigens (Pers.) Singer
(Angel’s Wings)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s Wings)
FamilyMARASMIACEAE (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
Savage, D. 2006 Fungi of the Far North: Part 2 - woodland fungi in Caithness Field Mycology Vol 7 (1): 5-8.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M. 1989 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s Wings) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s Wings)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s Wings)
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