Gymnopus androsaceus (L.) Della Magg. & Trassin.
(Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus)
Genus	Gymnopus (a genus of toughshank toadstools)
Family	OMPHALOTACEAE (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)

Gymnopus androsaceus 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.)

Records of Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus) :
1: Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus)
30 Sep 1973	OSGR: SE99	54° 20’ N, 0° 30’ W	Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62)	England

Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnopus
(a genus of toughshank 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 Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnopus androsaceus (Horsehair Parachute, Heather Dieback and Snow-blight - causative organism, Horse-hair Fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Gymnopus androsaceus is also a member of:

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