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Coprinopsis picacea (Magpie Inkcap)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Coprinopsis picacea Fruitbody 7 October 2000 Berks England 5
Coprinopsis picacea Fruitbody 1 October 2000 North Wiltshire England 5
Coprinopsis picacea Fruitbody 24 September 1981 North Wiltshire England 4
Coprinopsis picacea Fruitbody 29 October 1977 North Hampshire England 7

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Mattock, G., 2003, Coprinus picaceus, Field Mycology, Volume 4 (3): Front cover Coprinus picaceus

Coprinopsis picacea may also 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)
Coprinopsis
(a genus of inkcaps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Coprinopsis picacea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf litter Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed needle litter Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Coprinopsis picacea:

Coprinopsis picacea 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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