Tricholoma matsutake (S. Ito & S. Imai) Singer
(Spicy Knight)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tricholoma matsutake (Spicy Knight)
Genus	Tricholoma (knight toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and 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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Riva, A.	1998	Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude	Fungi Non Delineati Pars V.

Tricholoma matsutake (Spicy Knight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tricholoma matsutake (Spicy Knight)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tricholoma matsutake (Spicy Knight)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tricholoma matsutake is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)