Hydnomerulius pinastri (Fr.) Jarosch & Besl
(a resupinate bolete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hydnomerulius pinastri (a resupinate bolete)
Family	PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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)

Hydnomerulius pinastri is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Paxillaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Paxillaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	1999	Profiles of Fungi No. 100: Leucogyrophana pinastri (Fr.) Ginns & Weresub	Mycologist Vol 13 (1): 36.

Hydnomerulius pinastri (a resupinate bolete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PAXILLACEAE
(a family of bolete toadstools)

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hydnomerulius pinastri (a resupinate bolete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hydnomerulius pinastri (a resupinate bolete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hydnomerulius pinastri is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)