Psathyrella scatophila Orstadius & E. Larss.
(a brittlestem)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Psathyrella scatophila (a brittlestem)
Genus	Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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)

Psathyrella scatophila 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
	Henrici, A.	2009	Notes and Records (April 2009)	Field Mycology Vol 10 (2): 67-69.
	Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L.	2008	Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data	Mycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.

Psathyrella scatophila (a brittlestem) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Psathyrella
(brittlestem toadstools)

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem 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 Psathyrella scatophila (a brittlestem)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psathyrella scatophila (a brittlestem)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Psathyrella scatophila is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)