Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Pers.

Synonyms:

Agaricus comatus Agaricus cylindricus Agaricus fimetarius Agaricus ovatus Coprinus comatus f. sphaerocephalus Coprinus comatus var. caprimammillatus Coprinus comatus var. ovatus Coprinus ovatus

Common Name:

Shaggy Inkcap

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Poa (15) Fagus sylvatica (13) Carex (8) Larix (3) Tilia (2) Poaceae (2) Betula (1) Corylus avellana (1) Quercus (1) Castanea sativa (1) Betula pubescens (1) Quercus robur (1) Salix (1) Sambucus nigra (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (17) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (14) Parkland and scattered trees (11) Woodland (11) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (10) Woodland and scrub (8) Built up area, domestic (6) Improved grassland (5) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Built-up areas (4) Marsh/marshy grassland (4) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3) Boundaries: defunct hedge (2) Grassland and marsh (2) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Acid grassland (1) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1) Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1) managed, mown amenity grasslands, LOPER & TRREP predominate (1) Neutral grassland (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Sand-dune: dune grassland (1) Sand-dune: dune slack (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (52) Soil Grassy (45) Soil Leaves (5) Leaf Litter (2) Soil Mossy (2) Grass (1) Path (1) Tree base (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) March (5) July (4) August (9) September (39) October (104) November (22) December (1)