Coprinopsis stercorea (Fr.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
(an inkcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coprinopsis stercorea (an 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 stercorea 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.)

Records of Coprinopsis stercorea (an inkcap) :
1: Coprinopsis stercorea (an inkcap)
9 Mar 1982	OSGR: SU47	51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Tiny white toadstools on cultured Rabbit dung

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1968	The ’Sterocorarius group’ of the genus Coprinus	Persoonia Vol 5 (2): 131-176.
	Richardson, M.	2003	Coprophilous fungi	Field Mycology Vol 4 (2): 41-43.

Coprinopsis stercorea (an 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 stercorea (an inkcap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coprinopsis stercorea (an inkcap)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Coprinopsis stercorea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)