Serpula (Pers.) Gray
(a genus of resupinate boletes)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Serpula himantioides a resupinate bolete					Species			1 ident. refs
Serpula lacrymans Dry Rot					Species		3 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Serpula (a genus of resupinate boletes)
Family	SERPULACEAE (a family of resupinate boletes)
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)

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

Serpula (a genus of resupinate boletes) 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 Serpula (a genus of resupinate boletes)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Serpula (a genus of resupinate boletes)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Serpula is also a member of:

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