Inocybe xanthomelas Boursier & Kühner
(a toadstool)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Inocybe xanthomelas (a toadstool)
Subgenus	Inocybe (Inocybe) (nodulose-spored Inocybe toadstools)
Genus	Inocybe (fibrecap toadstools)
Family	INOCYBACEAE (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)

Inocybe xanthomelas is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Inocybe)
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
	Pearson, A.A.	1952	New Records and Observations V.	TBMS Vol 35 (2): 97-122, IN1-2.

Inocybe xanthomelas (a toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Inocybe (Inocybe)
(nodulose-spored Inocybe toadstools)

Inocybe
(fibrecap 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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Inocybe xanthomelas (a toadstool)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Inocybe xanthomelas (a toadstool)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Inocybe xanthomelas is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)