Sparassis Fr.
(a genus of fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Sparassis crispa Wood Cauliflower, Brain Fungus					Species		21 images
Sparassis spathulata a cauliflower fungus					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Sparassis (a genus of fungi)
Family	SPARASSIDACEAE (cauliflower fungi)
Order	POLYPORALES (polypores)
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)

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

Sparassis (a genus of fungi) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POLYPORALES
(polypores)

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 Sparassis (a genus of fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sparassis (a genus of fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sparassis is also a member of:

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