Amaurodon cyaneus (Wakef.) Kõljalg & K.H. Larss.
(Upper Crust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Amaurodon cyaneus (Upper Crust)
Genus	Amaurodon (a genus of basidiomycetes)
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)

Amaurodon cyaneus 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
	Kõljalg, U.	1995	Tomentella (Basidiomycota) and related genera in Temperate Eurasia	Synopsis Fungorum, 9, 213pp, Fungiflora
	Wakefield, E.M.	1914	Notes on British Thelephoraceae	TBMS Vol 05: 474-481.

Amaurodon cyaneus (Upper Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Amaurodon cyaneus (Upper Crust)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amaurodon cyaneus (Upper Crust)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Amaurodon cyaneus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)