SCLERODERMATACEAE Corda
(earthballs and dyeballs)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Pisolithus dyeballs					Genus	1 subtaxa	16 images	4 ident. refs
Scleroderma earthballs					Genus	5 subtaxa	114 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	SCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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)

SCLERODERMATACEAE is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

SCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 20 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCLERODERMATACEAE (earthballs and dyeballs)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

SCLERODERMATACEAE is also a member of:

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