Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Omphalotus olearius
Family	OMPHALOTACEAE (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)

Omphalotus olearius 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
	Anon.	1995	Vol 9 Part 2 - Rear cover	Mycologist Vol 9 (2): Rear cover.
	Loizides, M.	2008	A secret world: the fungi of Cyprus	Field Mycology Vol 9 (3): 107-109.

Omphalotus olearius may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Omphalotus olearius

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Omphalotus olearius

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Omphalotus olearius is also a member of:

Identification Works

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