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Species | 1 trophisms | 2 references | |||||
Species | 2 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 1 references | ||||||
Species | 1 trophisms | 1 references | |||||
Species | 1 trophisms | 1 references | |||||
Species | 1 references | ||||||
Species | 1 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 4 trophisms | 1 references |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coprinus (inkcaps) |
Handling & Magnification | Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Orton, P.D. & Watling, R. | 1979 | Coprinaceae: Coprinus | British Fungus Flora, Vol 2, 149pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office | |
Orton, P.D. | 1976 | Notes on British Agarics VI | Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 35 No 1: 147-154. | |
Orton, P.D. | 1976 | Notes on British Agarics VI | Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 35 No 1: 147-154. | |
Orton, P.D. | 1972 | Notes on British Agarics IV | Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 32, No 1: 135-150. | |
Orton, P.D. | 1957 | Notes on British Agarics 1-5 (Observations on the genus Coprinus) | TBMS Vol 40 (2): 263-276. | |
Schafer, D.J. | 2010 | Keys to sections of Parasola, Coprinellus, Coprinopsis and Coprinus in Britain | Field Mycology Vol 11 (2): 44-51, rear cover. | |
Uljé, C.B. | Genus Coprinus Pers. | Arnolds, E. Genus Conocybe Fay., 60pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 6 | ||
Uljé, K. | Studies in Coprinus | www.grzyby.pl/coprinus-site-Kees-Uljee/cindex.htm |
Coprinus (inkcaps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Kemp, R.F.O. | 1985 | A quick method of isolating desirable fungi such as Coprini into pure culture. | Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (1): 65-66. |
Redhead, S.A. | 2001 | Bully for Coprinus - a story of manure, minutiae and molecules | Field Mycology Vol 2 (4): 118-126. |
Richardson, M. | 2003 | Coprophilous fungi | Field Mycology Vol 4 (2): 41-43. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Coprinus (inkcaps):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 67 images of Coprinus (inkcaps) |
The Inkcap toadstools are so-called because the black-spored gills, and often the caps too, liquify into an ink-like liquid. However, this has an ecological purpose: many of the species grow on transient substrates (eg dung) often with short-lived fruitbodies. The cap and gills liquify to rapidly dispose of the gill material and allow all the spores to be quickly released into the air. In the dung species the spores often have to survive on nearby grass until eaten by a herbivore. The spores are black because they are protected by thick heavily-pigmented walls.
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