Lentinellus ursinus (Fr.) Kühner
(Bear Cockleshell)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell)
Genus	Lentinellus (cockleshell fungi)
Family	AURISCALPIACEAE (a family of basidiomycetes)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of 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)

Lentinellus ursinus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Ainsworth, M.	2004	Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs	Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature
Overall, A.	2005	Lentinellus ursinus & L. vulpinus make their first recorded appearance in Epping Forest	Field Mycology Vol 6 (4): 117-120.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M.	1989	Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics	British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AURISCALPIACEAE
(a family of basidiomycetes)

RUSSULALES
(an order of 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 Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Cockleshell)

Endangered

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lentinellus ursinus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)