Cystoderma Fayod
(powdercaps)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Cystoderma amianthinum Earthy Powdercap					Species		68 images	1 ident. refs
Cystoderma carcharias Pearly Powdercap					Species		34 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Cystoderma (powdercaps)
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)

Cystoderma 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
	Bon, M.	1999	Les Collybio-Marasmioides et ressemblants	Gymnopilus dilepis, 5, 171pp, Marcel Bon
	Watling, R. & Turnbull, E.	1998	Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae & Amyloid-Spored and Xeruloid Members of Trichlomataceae (excl. Mycena)	British Fungus Flora, Vol 8, 189pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Cystoderma (powdercaps) 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 Cystoderma (powdercaps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cystoderma (powdercaps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cystoderma is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)