Thelephora caryophyllea (Schaeff.) Pers.
(Carnation Earthfan)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Thelephora caryophyllea (Carnation Earthfan)
Genus	Thelephora (earthfans)
Family	THELEPHORACEAE (a family of basidiomycete fungi)
Order	THELEPHORALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
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)

Thelephora caryophyllea is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Thelephorales)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Thelephorales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T.	2011	Fungi of the Cistus maquis	Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 14-22.

Thelephora caryophyllea (Carnation Earthfan) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Thelephora
(earthfans)

THELEPHORACEAE
(a family of basidiomycete fungi)

THELEPHORALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thelephora caryophyllea (Carnation Earthfan)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Thelephora caryophyllea (Carnation Earthfan)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Thelephora caryophyllea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)