Kingdom-Fungi

Phylum-Basidiomycota

Class-Basidiomycetes

Order-Agaricales

Family-Schizophyllaceae

Genus-Schizophyllum

Species-Schizophylum commune

S. commune is a fungus.  If we wanted to classify this organism, we would need to go all the way up to the Domain it belongs to; Eukarya.  Schizophyllum commune belongs to the eukaryans because it possesses a nucleus.  It is then categorized into a smaller Kingdom called Fungi.  This organism is put into this Kingdom because it shares characteristic of other phyla of fungi.  For example, it possesses mycelia and hyphae.  Then S. commune gets further categorized into the Phylum, Basidiomycota.  Organisms in the Basidiomycota all share multiple characteristics.  They produce club-shaped fruiting bodies, produces haploid basidiospores, and the dominant life stage is dikaryon (two nuclei).  From there it gets put into the Class, Basidiomycetes, then the Order of Agaricales.  Agaricales are known as the gilled mushrooms.  Gilled mushrooms have gills underneath the mushroom cap that’s purpose is to increase surface area on which basidiospores can be made.  From here we move down to the Family, Schizophyllaceae.  Then from binomial nomenclature, we know its Genus is Schizophyllum.  Thus ends the complete classification of the mushroom Schizophyllum commune.