Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers.
(Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Battarrea phalloides (Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball)
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)

Battarrea phalloides 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
	Evans, S., Marren, P. & Harper, M.		Important Fungus Areas - a provisional assessment of the best sites for fungi in the United Kingdom	15pp, Plantlife International
	Hazlehurst, J.Y., Hodgson, B., Kibby, G., Smith, J. & Strong, R.	2008	Readers’ Finds (Jan 2008)	Field Mycology Vol 9 (1): 24-27.
	Henrici, A.	2002	Notes and Records (Oct 2002)	Field Mycology Vol 3 (4): 141-142.
	Mantle, R.	2010	Battarraea phalloides in Shropshire - the case of the phantom recorder	Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 25.
	McNeil, D.	2013	Some noteworthy British Gasteromycete records	Field Mycology vol 14 (1): 24-30.
()	Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns	255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
	Weightman, J.	2014	From shredded wheat to flour – a look at stipe ornament	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 100-103.

Battarrea phalloides (Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Battarrea phalloides (Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Battarrea phalloides (Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball)

Endangered

Tranche 1, Dec 1995

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Battarrea phalloides is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)