PAXILLACEAE Lotsy
(a family of bolete toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Gyrodon a genus of fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Hydnomerulius pinastri a resupinate bolete	Species			1 ident. refs
Melanogaster slime truffles	Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Paxillus mycorrhizal rollrims	Genus	4 subtaxa	20 images	7 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
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)

PAXILLACEAE is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F.	1991	Boletes & Agarics I	Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 3, 361pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
	Watling, R.	1970	* Boletaceae, Gomphidaceae, Paxillaceae *(Superseded)	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, 125pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PAXILLACEAE (a family of bolete toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

PAXILLACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)