Octaviania asterosperma Vittad.
(Chalky False Truffle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle)
Family	BOLETACEAE (sponge cap 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hobart, C.	2009	Three rarely recorded truffle species - or news from the underground	Field Mycology Vol 10 (1): 5-8.

Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap 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 Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Octaviania asterosperma (Chalky False Truffle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Octaviania asterosperma is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)