Hysterangium Vittad.
(stinkhorn truffles)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hysterangium inflatum a truffle					Species			2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Hysterangium (stinkhorn truffles)
Family	HYSTERANGIACEAE (stinkhorn truffles)
Order	HYSTERANGIALES (stinkhorn truffles)
Subclass	PHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
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)

Hysterangium is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Hysterangiaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Hysterangium (stinkhorn truffles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYSTERANGIACEAE
(stinkhorn truffles)

HYSTERANGIALES
(stinkhorn truffles)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hysterangium (stinkhorn truffles)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hysterangium (stinkhorn truffles)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hysterangium is also a member of:

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