Entoloma nitidum Quél.
(Pine Pinkgill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Entoloma nitidum (Pine Pinkgill)
Subgenus	Entoloma (Entoloma) (a group of toadstools)
Genus	Entoloma (pinkgills)
Family	ENTOLOMATACEAE (pinkgills)
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)

Entoloma nitidum 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
()	Morgado, L.N., Noordeloos, M.E., Lamoureux, Y. & Geml, J.	2013	Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses reveal species limits, phylogeographic patterns, and evolutionary histories of key morphological traits in Entoloma (Agaricales, Basidiomycota)	Persoonia Vol 31: 158-178.

Entoloma nitidum (Pine Pinkgill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Entoloma (Entoloma)
(a group of toadstools)

Entoloma
(pinkgills)

ENTOLOMATACEAE
(pinkgills)

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 Entoloma nitidum (Pine Pinkgill)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Entoloma nitidum (Pine Pinkgill)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Entoloma nitidum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)