Leucocoprinus ianthinus (Sacc.) P. Mohr
(a parasol)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leucocoprinus ianthinus (a parasol)
Genus	Leucocoprinus (a genus of dapperlings)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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)

Leucocoprinus ianthinus 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
	Kibby, G.	2002	Editorial (Oct 2002)	Field Mycology Vol 3 (4): 110.
	Reid, D.A.	1989	Notes on some Leucocoprinoid fungi from Britain	Mycol. Res. Vol 93 (4): 413-423.

Leucocoprinus ianthinus (a parasol) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Leucocoprinus
(a genus of dapperlings)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

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 Leucocoprinus ianthinus (a parasol)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leucocoprinus ianthinus (a parasol)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Leucocoprinus ianthinus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)