Pluteus

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Pluteus aurantiorugosus Orange Shield Cap, Flame Shield	Species	13 images	4 ident. refs
Pluteus cervinus Deer Shield, Fawn Pluteus	Species	18 images	2 ident. refs
Pluteus chrysophaeus Yellow Shield	Species	95 images	3 ident. refs
Pluteus cinereofuscus Ashen Shield	Species	4 images	1 ident. refs
Pluteus ephebeus Sooty Shield	Species	25 images	2 ident. refs
Pluteus griseoluridus a shield	Species	44 images	1 ident. refs
Pluteus hispidulus Fleecy Shield	Species	15 images
Pluteus insidiosus a shield	Species		1 ident. refs
Pluteus leoninus Lion Shield	Species	39 images
Pluteus pellitus Ghost Shield	Species		1 ident. refs
Pluteus petasatus Scaly Shield	Species	22 images	1 ident. refs
Pluteus phlebophorus Wrinkled Shield	Species	18 images
Pluteus plautus Satin Shield	Species	55 images	2 ident. refs
Pluteus podospileus a shield	Species	34 images
Pluteus pouzarianus Conifer Shield	Species		2 ident. refs
Pluteus romellii Goldleaf Shield	Species	15 images	3 ident. refs
Pluteus salicinus Willow Shield	Species	16 images
Pluteus thomsonii Veined Shield	Species	13 images	2 ident. refs
Pluteus umbrosus Velvet Shield	Species	24 images	3 ident. refs
Pluteus (unidentified) Unidentified Shield Toadstools	Unidentified	20 images

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Iliffe, R.	2010	Getting to grips with Pluteus	Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 78-92, rear cover.
	Kibby, G, Burnham, A. & Henrici, A.	2010	Some problems with the genus Pluteus	Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 93-100.
	Orton, P.D.	1960	* New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list *(Superseded)	TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
Section Hispidoderma
	Ferisin, G. & Dovana, F.	2019	Il genere Pluteus, sezione Hispidoderma	Rivista Micologica Romana Vol 1: 23-51.

Pluteus (shield toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PLUTEACEAE
(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 Pluteus (shield toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 197 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pluteus (shield toadstools)

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Genus	Pluteus (shield toadstools)
Family	PLUTEACEAE (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)

Pluteus Fr.
(shield toadstools)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Pluteus is also a member of:

Identification Works

Section Hispidoderma

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