Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales Family: Pyronemataceae
Species: Cheilymenia fimicola (Bagl.) Dennis
Synonyms: Arrhenia fimicola
Cheilymenia coprinaria
Cheilymenia coprinaria var. minima
Lachnea coprinaria
Lachnea minima
Peziza coprinaria
Common Name:


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Cheilymenia fimicolaPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bos domestic (18)
Oryctolagus cuniculus (4)
Ovis domestic (3)
Betula pendula (2)
Bos (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (3)
Grassland and marsh (3)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (3)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (3)
Grassland: neutral, lowland (2)
Natural rock exposure: scree, acid/netural (2)
Bog (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Grassland: improved/reseeded, lowland (1)
Montane heath/dwarf forb (1)
Natural rock exposure: inland cliff, basic (1)
Other tall herb and fern communities (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub: scattered, neutral (1)
Sump alderwoods (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dung (31)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
February (2)
March (4)
April (3)
May (1)
June (1)
August (2)
September (1)
October (10)
November (12)
December (6)