Chaetocalathus craterellus (Durieu & Lév.) Singer
(an ear toadstool)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaetocalathus craterellus (an ear toadstool)
Family	MARASMIACEAE (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)

Chaetocalathus craterellus 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
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E.	2010	A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe	Libri Botanici, 480pp, IHW-Verlag
Antonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E.	1997	A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe. Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus	Libri Botanici, Vol 17, 256pp, IHW-Verlag
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1989	Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics	British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Chaetocalathus craterellus (an ear toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Chaetocalathus craterellus (an ear toadstool)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chaetocalathus craterellus (an ear toadstool)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chaetocalathus craterellus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)