Echinoderma hystrix (F.H. Møller & J.E. Lange) Bon
(a dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Echinoderma hystrix (a dapperling)
Genus	Echinoderma
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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)

Echinoderma hystrix 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
	Antonin, V. & Skubla, P.	2000	Interesting macromycetes found in the Czech and Slovak Republics	Fungi Non Delineati Pars XI.
	Kibby, G.	2009	Fungal Portraits, No. 40: Echinoderma hystrix	Field Mycology Vol 10 (4): 111-112.

Echinoderma hystrix (a dapperling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

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 Echinoderma hystrix (a dapperling)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Echinoderma hystrix (a dapperling)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Echinoderma hystrix is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)