Pholiota pinicola Jacobsson
(a scalycap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pholiota pinicola (a scalycap)
Genus	Pholiota (scalycap toadstools)
Family	STROPHARIACEAE (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)

Pholiota pinicola 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
	Orton, P.D.	1987	Notes on some Agarics from Scotland	Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 44 (3): 485-502.

Pholiota pinicola (a scalycap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pholiota
(scalycap toadstools)

STROPHARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

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 Pholiota pinicola (a scalycap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pholiota pinicola (a scalycap)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pholiota pinicola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)