Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Singer
(Slender Parasol)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Macrolepiota mastoidea (Slender Parasol)
Genus	Macrolepiota (a genus of parasols)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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)

Macrolepiota mastoidea 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
	Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W.	1992	Profiles of Fungi No. 47: Macrolepiota mastoidea (Fr.) Singer	Mycologist Vol 06 (4): 186.

Macrolepiota mastoidea (Slender Parasol) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Macrolepiota
(a genus of parasols)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

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 Macrolepiota mastoidea (Slender Parasol)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrolepiota mastoidea (Slender Parasol)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Macrolepiota mastoidea is also a member of:

Identification Works

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