Hohenbuehelia petaloides (Bull.) Schulzer
(an oyster fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hohenbuehelia petaloides (an oyster fungus)
Genus	Hohenbuehelia (a genus of oyster fungi)
Family	PLEUROTACEAE (oyster fungi)
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)

Hohenbuehelia petaloides 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
	Anon.	2014	Readers’ Finds	Field Mycology Vol 15 (4): 137-140.
	Mattock, G.	2006	A quest for British Amanita ovoidea fulfilled	Field Mycology Vol 7 (1): 9-12.

Hohenbuehelia petaloides (an oyster fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hohenbuehelia
(a genus of oyster fungi)

PLEUROTACEAE
(oyster fungi)

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 Hohenbuehelia petaloides (an oyster fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hohenbuehelia petaloides (an oyster fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hohenbuehelia petaloides is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)