Asterostroma cervicolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Massee
(Fawn Starweb)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Asterostroma cervicolor (Fawn Starweb)
Family	LACHNOCLADIACEAE (a family of basidiomycete fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of 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)

Asterostroma cervicolor is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Wakefield, E.M.	1952	New or rare British hymenomycetes (Aphyllophorales)	TBMS Vol 35 (1): 34-65.

Asterostroma cervicolor (Fawn Starweb) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LACHNOCLADIACEAE
(a family of basidiomycete fungi)

RUSSULALES
(an order of 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 Asterostroma cervicolor (Fawn Starweb)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Asterostroma cervicolor (Fawn Starweb)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Asterostroma cervicolor is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)