Melanoleuca Pat.
(cavalier toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Melanoleuca cinereifolia Dune Cavalier	Species		14 images	2 ident. refs
Melanoleuca cognata Spring Cavalier	Species	1 subtaxa	51 images
Melanoleuca exscissa Smoky Cavalier	Species	1 subtaxa	71 images
Melanoleuca grammopodia Grooved Cavalier	Species		25 images
Melanoleuca melaleuca Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier	Species		7 images
Melanoleuca polioleuca Common Cavalier	Species		57 images	1 ident. refs
Melanoleuca pseudoluscina a toadstool	Species			1 ident. refs
Melanoleuca strictipes a cavalier	Species			1 ident. refs
Melanoleuca verrucipes Warty Cavalier	Species		25 images	1 ident. refs
Melanoleuca (unidentified) Unidentified Cavalier Toadstools	Unidentified		7 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Melanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (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)

Melanoleuca 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
Boekhout, T.		Melanoleuca Pat., Cat. Rais. Pl. cell. Tunésie: 22. 1897 (nom. conserv.)	Noordeloos, M.E. Strophariaceae Sing. & Smith, 81pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4
Bon, M.	1992	Tricholomes et Ressemblants	Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 2, 154 plus platespp, Marcel Bon
Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K.	1973	Basidiospore form in the British Leucopaxillae	Kew Bulletin Vol 28 (3): 365-379+12 plates.
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E.	1998	Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae & Amyloid-Spored and Xeruloid Members of Trichlomataceae (excl. Mycena)	British Fungus Flora, Vol 8, 189pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Melanoleuca (cavalier toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of 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 Melanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 40 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Melanoleuca is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)