Volvariella aethiops A. Favre & Vialard
(a rosegill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Volvariella aethiops (a rosegill)
Genus	Volvariella (rosegill toadstools)
Family	PLUTEACEAE (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)

Volvariella aethiops is also a member of:
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
	Kibby, G.	2011	Fungal portraits: No. 47: Volvariella aethiops, the first British collection	Field Mycology Vol 12 (3): 75-76, rear cover.
	Various	2015	Readers’ Finds	Field Mycology Vol 16 (1): 23-28.

Volvariella aethiops (a rosegill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Volvariella
(rosegill toadstools)

PLUTEACEAE
(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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Volvariella aethiops (a rosegill)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Volvariella aethiops (a rosegill)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Volvariella aethiops is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)