Melanogaster intermedius (Berk.) Zeller & C.W. Dodge
(a slime truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle)
Genus	Melanogaster (Bot.) (slime truffles)
Family	PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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)

Melanogaster intermedius is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Paxillaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Paxillaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2005	Melanogaster intermedius, a slime truffle rediscovered in England after 159 years	Field Mycology Vol 6 (4): 113-116.

Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Melanogaster (Bot.)
(slime truffles)

PAXILLACEAE
(a family of bolete toadstools)

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanogaster intermedius (a slime truffle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Melanogaster intermedius is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)