Coprinopsis pseudonivea (Bender & Uljé) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
(an inkcap)

Interactions where Coprinopsis pseudonivea 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 fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung UK/Ireland Bos taurus Cattle, Domestic Cattle Artiodactyla: Bovidae 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/Coprinopsis pseudonivea/Coprinopsis pseudoniveaan inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos taurus/Bos tauruscattle, domestic cattleweathereddung
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Foreign [Herbivores] mammalian herbivores 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/Coprinopsis pseudonivea/Coprinopsis pseudoniveaan inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobeForeign /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresweathereddung

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

Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap)
GenusCoprinopsis (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 Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gierczyk, B., Kujawa, A., Pachlewski, T., Szczepkowski, A. & Wójtowski, M. 2011 Rare species of the genus Coprinus Pers. s. lato Acta Mycologica Vol 46 (1): 27-73.
Uljé, C.B. & Noordeloos, M.E. 1993 Studies in Coprinus-III. Coprinus section Veliformes. Subdivision and revision of subsection Nivei emend. Studies in Coprinus Persoonia Vol 15: 257-301.

Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Coprinopsis pseudonivea (an inkcap)

A recently recognised species close to C. niveus, but with a clay-pink cap and smaller spores. So far known only from Berks (Greenham Common), Bucks and Herts.

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