PLUTEACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar
(a family of toadstools)

PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Pluteus
shield toadstools
Genus 28 subtaxa 197 trophisms 39 references
Volvariella
rosegill toadstools
Genus 11 subtaxa 74 trophisms 27 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bas, C., Kuper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. & Vellinga, E.C. 1990 Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2 Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, Vol 2, 137pp, A. A. Balkema
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F. 1995 Agarics, 2nd part Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 4, 368pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H. 1956 Compléments a la "Flore analytique" VIII: Espéces nouvelles, critiques ou rares de Volvariacées Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France Tome LXXII, Fasc 3.
Orton, P.D. 1986 Pluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella British Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti, vol 4, 99pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Velinga, E.C. Pluteaceae Kotl. & P. Bas, C. Pleurotaceae, 12pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2

PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2001 Update on Roger Phillips’ Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, part 2: white and pink-spored agarics Field Mycology Vol 2 (4): 126-131.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PLUTEACEAE (a family of toadstools):

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