Phaeolepiota aurea (Matt.) Maire
(Golden Bootleg)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phaeolepiota aurea (Golden Bootleg)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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)

Phaeolepiota aurea 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
Goodwin, L.	2001	Phaeolepiota aurea	Vol 2 (4) Page: Front cover
Kibby, G.	2004	Phaeolepiota aurea	Vol 5 (1) Page: 2
Watling, R. & Gregory N.M. (and Orton, P.D.)	1993	Cortinariaceae p.p.: Galerina, Gymnopilus, Leucocortinarius, Phaeocollybia, Phaeogalera, Phaeolepiota, Phaeomarasmius, Pleuroflammula, Rozites & Stagnicola	British Fungus Flora, Vol 7, 131pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Phaeolepiota aurea (Golden Bootleg) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

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 Phaeolepiota aurea (Golden Bootleg)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phaeolepiota aurea (Golden Bootleg)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phaeolepiota aurea is also a member of:

Identification Works

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