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Coprinopsis cinerea (an inkcap)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Schafer, D., 2001 Coprinus species at the Grantley Hall Foray

Coprinopsis cinerea 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 cinerea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Large Herbivores - Cattle, Deer, Pigs And Horses fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of often straw-mixed, fermenting dung Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is saprobic on germinating grain Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is saprobic on dung-mixed, often fermenting straw Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Herbaceous Plants fruitbody is saprobic on rotting compost Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Coprinopsis cinerea:

Coprinopsis cinerea 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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