Coprinellus disseminatus

Records of Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets) :
1: Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
22 Sep 2004	OSGR: SO71	51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W	Vice County: West Glos (VC 34)	England
Troop of fruitbodies on upturned Apple root plate

2: Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
12 May 2004	OSGR: SO71	51° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W	Vice County: West Glos (VC 34)	England
3 fruitbodies on root plate of fallen Willow/Poplar

3: Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
23 May 1982	OSGR: SU17	51° 30’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England
on wood

4: Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
14 May 1977	OSGR: SE05	53° 60’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64)	England


5: Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
27 Dec 1971	OSGR: TQ21	50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England
on log

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Cullington, P.	2014	Some Interesting Finds at the BMS Autumn Foray in East Anglia, October 19-26, 2013	Field Mycology Vol 15 (4): 130-134.
Redhead, S.A.	2001	Bully for Coprinus - a story of manure, minutiae and molecules	Field Mycology Vol 2 (4): 118-126.
Schafer, D.	2001	Coprinus species at the Grantley Hall Foray	Field Mycology Vol 2 (1): 25-28.

Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Coprinellus
(a genus of inkcaps)

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)

A small toadstool which grows in large troops on old stumps, dead wood or soil near buried wood. It is common throughout the British Isles.

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Species	Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
Genus	Coprinellus (a genus of inkcaps)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange
(Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Coprinellus disseminatus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)