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

Interactions where Coprinellus disseminatus 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
fruitbody (densely gregarious) densely gregarious fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus disseminatus/Coprinellus disseminatusfairy inkcap, crumble cap, fragile inkcap, fairies' bonnetsdensely gregariousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedwood
fruitbody (densely gregarious) densely gregarious fruitbody is saprobic on decayed stump (large) Major [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus disseminatus/Coprinellus disseminatusfairy inkcap, crumble cap, fragile inkcap, fairies' bonnetsdensely gregariousfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedstump (large)Major

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)
GenusCoprinellus (a genus of inkcaps)
FamilyPSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buller, A.H.R. 1914 *** Some critical remarks on the generic positions of Psathyra urticaecola Berk. et Broome, Coprinus plicatilis Fr., and Psathyrella disseminata Pers. ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 05: 482-489.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap, Crumble Cap, Fragile Inkcap, Fairies’ Bonnets):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of 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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