Hypsizygus Singer
(leech toadstools)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hypsizygus tessulatus a leech toadstool					Species			1 ident. refs
Hypsizygus ulmarius Elm Leech, Elm Oyster					Species			2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hypsizygus (leech toadstools)
Family	LYOPHYLLACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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)

Hypsizygus 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.)

Hypsizygus (leech toadstools) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LYOPHYLLACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

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 Hypsizygus (leech toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypsizygus (leech toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hypsizygus is also a member of:

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