Collybia cirrhata (Schumach.) Quél.
(Piggyback Shanklet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet)
Genus	Collybia (shanklet 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)

Collybia cirrhata 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
	Mattock, G.	2002	Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain’s parasitic toadstools.	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-116.

Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Collybia
(shanklet 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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Collybia cirrhata (Piggyback Shanklet)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Collybia cirrhata is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)