Coprinus sterquilinus (Fr.) Fr.
(Midden Inkcap)

Interactions where Coprinus sterquilinus 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 Major Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit, European Rabbit Lagomorpha: Leporidae 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/Agaricaceae/Coprinus sterquilinus/Coprinus sterquilinusmidden inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Lagomorpha/Leporidae/Oryctolagus cuniculus/Oryctolagus cuniculusrabbit, european rabbitweathereddungMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Major Equus ferus Horse Perissodactyla: Equidae 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/Agaricaceae/Coprinus sterquilinus/Coprinus sterquilinusmidden inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/Equus ferushorseweathereddungMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung [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/Agaricaceae/Coprinus sterquilinus/Coprinus sterquilinusmidden inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresweathereddung
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of buried dung [Herbivores] mammalian herbivores Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Coprinus sterquilinus/Coprinus sterquilinusmidden inkcapfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresburieddung

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
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997Keys to Fungi on Dung2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Coprinus sterquilinus (Midden Inkcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Coprinus sterquilinus (Midden Inkcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoprinus sterquilinus (Midden Inkcap)
GenusCoprinus (inkcaps)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
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 Coprinus sterquilinus (Midden Inkcap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Overall, A. 2011 Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks - Part 2 saprobes Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 26-30.

Coprinus sterquilinus (Midden 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 Coprinus sterquilinus (Midden Inkcap):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)