Entoloma parasiticum (Quél.) Kreisel
(a toadstool)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Entoloma parasiticum (a toadstool)
Subgenus	Entoloma (Claudopus) (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 parasiticum 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
	Delivoras, P. & Gonou-Zagou, Z.	2011	Not without a microscope: Look-alike species of Cheimonophyllum, Clitopilis, Creipidotus and Entoloma	Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 49-53.

Entoloma parasiticum (a toadstool) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Entoloma (Claudopus)
(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 parasiticum (a toadstool)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Entoloma parasiticum (a toadstool)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Entoloma parasiticum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)