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Coprinopsis macrocephala (an inkcap)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Coprinopsis macrocephala? Fruitbody 28 July 1980 North Wiltshire England 4

Suggested Literature

Coprinopsis macrocephala 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 macrocephala is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Herbivores - Mammalian Herbivores fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of straw-mixed dung 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 dung Minor 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 decayed grain Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody cereals - Cereals (Poaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dung-mixed straw Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Coprinopsis macrocephala:

Coprinopsis macrocephala 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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