Tricholoma aurantium (Schaeff.) Ricken
(Orange Knight)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tricholoma aurantium (Orange Knight)
Genus	Tricholoma (knight toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of 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)

Tricholoma aurantium is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Tricholoma)
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
	Huhtinen, S.	2002	Tricholoma aurantium	Vol 3 (2) Page: 43

Tricholoma aurantium (Orange Knight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of 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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tricholoma aurantium (Orange Knight)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tricholoma aurantium (Orange Knight)

Vulnerable

EX 1957

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tricholoma aurantium is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)