Hydnum ellipsosporum Ostrow & Beenken
(Ellipsoid Hedgehog)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hydnum ellipsosporum (Ellipsoid Hedgehog)
Genus	Hydnum (hedgehog fungi)
Family	HYDNACEAE (hedgehog fungi)
Order	CANTHARELLALES (chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)
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)

Hydnum ellipsosporum is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Cantharellales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Burnham, A.	2011	Three new British records from Scotland	Field Mycology Vol 12 (4): 118-121.
Kibby, G.	2013	Hydnum ellipsosporum	Field Mycology Vol 14 (4): 135.
Kibby, G.	2009	Editorial (Oct 09)	Field Mycology Vol 10 (4): 110.

Hydnum ellipsosporum (Ellipsoid Hedgehog) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hydnum
(hedgehog fungi)

HYDNACEAE
(hedgehog fungi)

CANTHARELLALES
(chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)

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 Hydnum ellipsosporum (Ellipsoid Hedgehog)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hydnum ellipsosporum (Ellipsoid Hedgehog)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hydnum ellipsosporum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)