Crepidotus (Fr.) Staude
(oysterlings)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Species 1 subtaxa 22 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 17 images
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Species 22 images
Species 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 16 images
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Species 42 images
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 10 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCrepidotus (oysterlings)
FamilyINOCYBACEAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1960 *** Crepidotus, in NCL ***(Superseded) Trans. Brit. mycol Soc. 43 (2) in Orton, P.D., 1960. Crepidotus, in NCL. Trans. Brit. mycol Soc. 43 (2), 4pp, New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list
Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K. 1972 Basidiospore form in the British species of Crepidotus Kew Bulletin Vol 27 (2): 311-323+17 plates.
Senn-Irlet, B. 1995 The Genus Crepidotus in Europe Persoonia Vol 16, Part 1: 1-80.
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M. 1989 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid Agarics British Fungus Flora, vol 6, 157pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Crepidotus (oysterlings) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crepidotus (oysterlings)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 104 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crepidotus (oysterlings)
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