Agaricus phaeolepidotus F.H. Møller
(a mushroom)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Agaricus phaeolepidotus (a mushroom)
Genus	Agaricus (true mushrooms)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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)

Agaricus phaeolepidotus 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
	Brown, T.	2004	Mushrooming Again	Field Mycology Vol 5 (4): 113-115.
	Hazlehurst, J.Y., Hodgson, B., Kibby, G., Smith, J. & Strong, R.	2008	Readers’ Finds (Jan 2008)	Field Mycology Vol 9 (1): 24-27.

Agaricus phaeolepidotus (a mushroom) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Agaricus
(true mushrooms)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

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 Agaricus phaeolepidotus (a mushroom)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agaricus phaeolepidotus (a mushroom)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Agaricus phaeolepidotus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)