Melanoleuca melaleuca (Pers.) Murrill
(Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier)
GenusMelanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Melanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier) :
1: Melanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier)
29 Oct 1979 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
in churchyard
Image 1: CapImage 2: CollectionImage 3: In situ - side viewImage 4: Caulocystidia and cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 5: Cheilocystidium - tip - highly magnifiedImage 6: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 7: Description

Melanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanoleuca melaleuca (Bald Knight, Bald Cavalier)
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