Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Coprinaceae
Species: Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Gray
Synonyms: Agaricus comatus
Agaricus cylindricus
Agaricus ovatus
Coprinus comatus var. ovatus
Coprinus ovatus
Common Name: Shaggy Inkcap
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (15)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Beech (2)
Betula (2)
Quercus (2)
Tilia (2)
Betula pubescens (1)
Salix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (18)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14)
Woodland (12)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (11)
Parkland and scattered trees (9)
Built up area, domestic (8)
Woodland: broadleaved (6)
Improved grassland (5)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5)
Built-up areas (4)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
managed, mown amenity grasslands, LOPER & TRREP predominate (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Sand-dune: dune slack (1)
Scrub (1)
Small parks and city squares (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (40)
Soil (36)
Soil Leaves (5)
Soil bare (2)
Soil Mossy (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (2)
August (9)
September (32)
October (91)
November (24)
December (1)