Panaeolus (Fr.) Quél.
(mottlegill toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Panaeolus acuminatus Dewdrop Mottlegill	Species		18 images
Panaeolus atrobalteatus a mottlegill	Species			2 ident. refs
Panaeolus cinctulus Banded Mottlegill	Species			1 ident. refs
Panaeolus fimicola Turf Mottlegill	Species		9 images
Panaeolus papilionaceus Petticoat Mottlegill	Species	1 subtaxa	31 images	1 ident. refs
Panaeolus semiovatus Egghead Mottlegill	Species	1 subtaxa	41 images
Panaeolus subfirmus a mottlegill	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Panaeolus (mottlegill toadstools)
Family	GALEROPSIDACEAE (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)

Panaeolus 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
	Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1987	Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae p.p.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus	British Fungus Flora, Vol 5, 104pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Dung Fungi
()	Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R.	1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Panaeolus (mottlegill toadstools) 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 Panaeolus (mottlegill toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Panaeolus (mottlegill toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Panaeolus is also a member of:

Identification Works

Dung Fungi

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