Collybia cookei (Bres.) J.D. Arnold
(Splitpea Shanklet)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCollybia cookei (Splitpea Shanklet)
GenusCollybia (shanklet toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mattock, G. 2002 Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain’s parasitic toadstools. British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-116.
Treu, R. Collybia cookei (Bres.) J.D.Arnold I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1271.
Weightman, J. 2006 Small Mycenas et al. - spare them a second glance Field Mycology Vol 7 (1): 16-20.

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Collybia cookei (Splitpea Shanklet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Collybia cookei (Splitpea Shanklet)
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