Tricholoma saponaceum (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Soap Knight)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Tricholoma saponaceum var lavedanum a soap knight					Variety			1 ident. refs
Tricholoma saponaceum var saponaceum Soap or Soapy Knight, Soap Tricholoma					Variety		14 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight)
Genus	Tricholoma (knight 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)

Tricholoma saponaceum is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Tricholoma)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight) :
1: Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight)
25 Sep 1977	OSGR: SU83	51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England

Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)

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)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tricholoma saponaceum (Soap Knight)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tricholoma saponaceum is also a member of:

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