Hydnellum gracilipes (P. Karst.) P. Karst.
(Graceful Tooth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hydnellum gracilipes (Graceful Tooth)
Genus	Hydnellum (a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)
Family	BANKERACEAE (a family of stipitate tooth fungi)
Order	THELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete 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)

Hydnellum gracilipes is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Thelephorales)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Thelephorales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2011	Hydnellum cumulatum and H. gracilipes: two overlooked Scottish hydnoids new to Britain	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 139-143.
	Taylor, S.	2013	Recording stipitate hydnoids at RSPB Abernethy Forest National Nature Reserve 1985 to 2011	Field Mycology vol 14 (1): 5-13, rear cover.

Hydnellum gracilipes (Graceful Tooth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hydnellum
(a genus of stipitate tooth fungi)

BANKERACEAE
(a family of stipitate tooth fungi)

THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hydnellum gracilipes (Graceful Tooth)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hydnellum gracilipes (Graceful Tooth)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hydnellum gracilipes is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)