Scytinostroma portentosum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Donk
(Mothball Crust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Scytinostroma portentosum (Mothball Crust)
Family	LACHNOCLADIACEAE (a family of basidiomycete fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of 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)

Scytinostroma portentosum is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
	Legon, N. & Pegler, D.N.	1996	Profiles of Fungi No. 77: Scytinostroma portentosum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Donk	Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 84.

Scytinostroma portentosum (Mothball Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LACHNOCLADIACEAE
(a family of basidiomycete fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of 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 Scytinostroma portentosum (Mothball Crust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scytinostroma portentosum (Mothball Crust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Scytinostroma portentosum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)