Rimbachia arachnoidea (Peck) Redhead
(Spidery Mossear)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rimbachia arachnoidea (Spidery Mossear)
Genus	Rimbachia (a genus of basidiomycete fungi)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (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)

Rimbachia arachnoidea 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
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	1999	Profiles of Fungi No. 103: Rimbachia arachnoidea (Peck) Redh.	Mycologist Vol 13 (2): 85.

Rimbachia arachnoidea (Spidery Mossear) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(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 Rimbachia arachnoidea (Spidery Mossear)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rimbachia arachnoidea (Spidery Mossear)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Rimbachia arachnoidea is also a member of:

Identification Works

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