Coprotus lacteus (Cooke & W. Phillips) Kimbr., Luck-Allen & Cain
(a discomycete)

Interactions where Coprotus lacteus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Bos taurus	Cattle, Domestic Cattle	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/	Coprotus lacteus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/	Bos taurus	cattle, domestic cattle			dung
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Ovis aries	Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep	Artiodactyla: Bovidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/	Coprotus lacteus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/	Ovis aries	sheep (domestic and feral), feral sheep			dung
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			CERVIDAE	deer, buck	Artiodactyla	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/	Coprotus lacteus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Cervidae/	Cervidae	deer, buck			dung
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit, European Rabbit	Lagomorpha: Leporidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/	Coprotus lacteus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/	Oryctolagus cuniculus	rabbit, european rabbit			dung
apothecium (sessile)		sessile apothecium is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Thelebolales/Thelebolaceae/Coprotus lacteus/	Coprotus lacteus	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse			dung

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete)
Genus	Coprotus (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	THELEBOLACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	THELEBOLALES (an order of discomycetes)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Coprotus lacteus is also a member of:
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete)

Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Coprotus lacteus (a discomycete):

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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