Erythricium laetum (P. Karst.) J. Erikss. & Hjortstam
(a resupinate basidiomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete)
Genus	Erythricium (a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)
Family	CORTICIACEAE (a family of resupinate fungi)
Order	CORTICIALES (an order of fungi)
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)

Erythricium laetum is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Wakefield, E.M.	1952	New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales)	TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Erythricium
(a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes)

CORTICIACEAE
(a family of resupinate fungi)

CORTICIALES
(an order of fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erythricium laetum (a resupinate basidiomycete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Erythricium laetum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)