[Gasteromycetes] Fr.
(puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cenococcum geophilum
an ascomycete
Species 3 trophisms
Hydnotrya
a genus of truffles
Genus 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 5 references
TUBERACEAE
a family of truffles
Family 6 subtaxa 4 trophisms 12 references
Hydnangium carneum
Flesh-pink Truffle
Species 3 trophisms 3 references
HYGROPHORACEAE
waxcaps and woodwaxes
Family 89 subtaxa 165 trophisms 82 references
GASTROSPORIACEAE
Steppe truffles
Family 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
RHIZOPOGONACEAE
beard truffles
Family 5 subtaxa 9 trophisms 3 references
SCLERODERMATACEAE
earthballs and dyeballs
Family 6 subtaxa 20 trophisms 10 references
Gautieria
a genus of false truffles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
Gymnomyces xanthosporus
a truffle
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
STEPHANOSPORACEAE
a family of false truffles
Family 8 subtaxa 39 trophisms 9 references
GEASTRACEAE
earthstars
Family 19 subtaxa 92 trophisms 41 references
HYSTERANGIACEAE
stinkhorn truffles
Family 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms 3 references
PHALLACEAE
stinkhorns and cage fungi
Family 12 subtaxa 12 trophisms 30 references
ENDOGONALES
pea truffles
Order 1 subtaxa 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F. 1986 Non-gilled Fungi Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 2, 412pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
Demoulin, V. & Marriott, J.V.R. 1981 Key to the Gasteromycetes of Great Britain 56pp, British Mycological Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1990 Fungi without gills (Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes) an identification handbook 329pp, Chapman and Hall
Gregory, P.H. & Nixon, H.L. 1950 Electron micrographs of spores of some British Gasteromycetes. TBMS Vol 33 (3+4): 359-363, IN19-20.
Hawker, L.E. 1954 *** British Hypogeous Fungi ***(Superseded) Philosophical Transactions, Series B., No 650, Vol 237, 118pp, The Royal Society of London
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R. 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction British Fungus Flora, 1, 58pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Orton, P.D. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
() Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995 British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns 255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Pegler, D.N., Spooner, B.M. & Young, T.W.K. 1993 British Truffles: a Revision of British Hypogeous Fungi 216+platespp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

[Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G., Orton, P.D. & Hora, F.B. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2).
Hawker, L.E. 1974 *** Revised annotated checklist of British Hypogeous fungi ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 63 (1): 67-76.
Henrici, A. 2001 Update on Roger Phillips’ Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, part 1: Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes & Jelly Fungi Field Mycology Vol 2 (3): 90-93.
Ing, B. 1989 First Steps: Puffballs Mycologist Vol 03 (3): 126-127.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,752 images of [Gasteromycetes] (puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)
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