BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
STROPHARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Psilocybe
(a genus of brownie toadstools)
Psilocybe merdicola
(a brownie)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Psilocybe merdicola Huijsman, 1961 (a brownie)

Suggested Literature

Psilocybe merdicola may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)		 STROPHARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)		 Psilocybe
(a genus of brownie toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Psilocybe merdicola is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Equus caballus - Horse (Perissodactyla: Equidae) fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Herbivores - Mammalian Herbivores fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Psilocybe merdicola:

Psilocybe merdicola may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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