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)
PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
Coprinopsis
(a genus of inkcaps)
Coprinopsis utrifer
(an inkcap)
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Coprinopsis utrifer (an inkcap)

Suggested Literature

Coprinopsis utrifer 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)		 Coprinopsis
(a genus of inkcaps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Coprinopsis utrifer is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Ovis aries - Domestic And Feral Sheep (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) 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 Coprinopsis utrifer:

Coprinopsis utrifer 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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