Hysterangium inflatum Rodway
(a truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hysterangium inflatum (a truffle)
Genus	Hysterangium (stinkhorn truffles)
Family	HYSTERANGIACEAE (stinkhorn truffles)
Order	HYSTERANGIALES (stinkhorn truffles)
Subclass	PHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
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)

Hysterangium inflatum is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Hysterangiaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hobart, C.	2015	Further news from the underground: two new British hypogeous fungi	Field Mycology Vol 16 (4): 121-125.
	Lago-Alvarez, M. & Castro, M.L.	2004	Macrobasidiomicetos asociados a Eucalyptus en la Península Ibérica	Fungi Non Delineati Pars XXVII.

Hysterangium inflatum (a truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYSTERANGIACEAE
(stinkhorn truffles)

HYSTERANGIALES
(stinkhorn truffles)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hysterangium inflatum (a truffle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hysterangium inflatum (a truffle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hysterangium inflatum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)