Leratiomyces squamosus (Pers.) Bridge & Spooner
(a roundhead)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Leratiomyces squamosus var squamosus Scaly Stropharia					Variety		13 images	2 ident. refs
Leratiomyces squamosus var thraustus Slender Roundhead					Variety			2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leratiomyces squamosus (a roundhead)
Genus	Leratiomyces (a genus of roundheads)
Family	STROPHARIACEAE (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)

Leratiomyces squamosus 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.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
BMS Slide Colllection	1992	Fungi of British Beech woods	Vol 06 (1) Page: 14-15
Fortey, R.	2004	Psilocybe aurantiaca and a case of mistaken identity	Field Mycology Vol 5 (3): 77-80.
Kibby, G.	2008	Fungal Portraits, No. 35: Loratiomyces squamosus and L. squamosus var. thraustus	Field Mycology Vol 9 (3): 75-76.
Weightman, J.	2014	From shredded wheat to flour – a look at stipe ornament	Field Mycology Vol 15 (3): 100-103.

Leratiomyces squamosus (a roundhead) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

STROPHARIACEAE
(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 Leratiomyces squamosus (a roundhead)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leratiomyces squamosus (a roundhead)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Leratiomyces squamosus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)