Coprinopsis narcotica (Batsch) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
(Stinking Inkcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coprinopsis narcotica (Stinking Inkcap)
Genus	Coprinopsis (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)

Coprinopsis narcotica is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1968	The ’Sterocorarius group’ of the genus Coprinus	Persoonia Vol 5 (2): 131-176.
	Orton, P.D.	1972	Notes on British Agarics IV	Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 32, No 1: 135-150.

Coprinopsis narcotica (Stinking Inkcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Coprinopsis
(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 Coprinopsis narcotica (Stinking Inkcap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coprinopsis narcotica (Stinking Inkcap)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Coprinopsis narcotica is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)