Myriostoma coliforme (Dicks.) Corda
(Pepper Pot)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMyriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot)
GenusMyriostoma (Bot.) (a genus of fungi)
FamilyGEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
OrderGEASTRALES (earth-stars)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1999 Vol 13 Part 4 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 123: rear cover.
Evans, S. 2006 Conservation Corner (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 69-71.
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 66-68, rear cover.
Mahler, N. & Ainsworth, M. 2010 A second recent record of Myriostoma coliforme (Critically Endangered) from East Suffolk Field Mycology Vol 11 (4): 144-145.

Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myriostoma coliforme (Pepper Pot)

Extinct

CR/B

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