BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Coprinopsis urticicola (an inkcap)

Notes (MWS) A tiny white inkcap fungus which grows, mainly in summer, on rotting *Juncus*, *Carex*, grasses, *Urtica* and other plant debris, particularly in damp places. Probably widespread in souhern England.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Coprinopsis urticicola Fruitbody 25 May 2000 Berks England 2 5

Suggested Literature

Coprinopsis urticicola may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(a fungus)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Coprinopsis
(a genus of inkcaps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Coprinopsis urticicola is associated with:

fruitbody Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae) often buried under desne layers of decayed grass leaves fruitbody is saprobic on decayed debris Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Juncus - rushes (Juncaceae) often buried under desne layers of decayed grass leaves fruitbody is saprobic on decayed debris Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Holcus lanatus - Yorkshire-fog (Poaceae) often buried under desne layers of decayed grass leaves fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Urtica dioica - Common Nettle (Urticaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on decayed debris Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Coprinopsis urticicola:

Coprinopsis urticicola may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
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