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Gasteromycetes 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 14095

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Fungi  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Common Name(s):    
  Accepted Name(s): Agaricomycetes
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: not accepted - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gasteromycetes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hawksworth, David L., P. M. Kirk, B. C. Sutton, and D. N. Pegler   
  Publication Date: 1995   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi, 8th ed.   
  Page(s): xii + 616   
  Publisher: CAB International   
  Publication Place: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-85198-885-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gasteromycetes   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The Dictionary of Fungi (1995) says, of Gasteromycetes, "The polyphyletic nature of the group makes it inappropriate to maintain in a natural classification..."  
 

 

    


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