Psilocybe turficola J. Favre
(a brownie)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Psilocybe turficola (a brownie)
Genus	Psilocybe (a genus of brownie 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)

Psilocybe turficola 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.	1977	Notes on British Agarics V	Kew Bulletin Vol 31 (3): 709-721.

Psilocybe turficola (a brownie) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Psilocybe
(a genus of brownie 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 Psilocybe turficola (a brownie)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psilocybe turficola (a brownie)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Psilocybe turficola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)