AURISCALPIACEAE Maas Geest.
(a family of basidiomycetes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Artomyces
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Auriscalpium vulgare
Earpick Fungus
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 49 images 2 ident. refs
Clavicorona
a genus of fairy clubs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Lentinellus
cockleshell fungi
(Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 28 images 7 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of 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
Stalpers, J.A. 1996 The aphyllophoraceous fungi II. Keys to the species of the Hericiales Stud. Mycol. No. 40.

AURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes)
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