Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Psathyrellaceae
Species: Coprinopsis atramentaria (Bull.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Synonyms:

Agaricus atramentarius Agaricus fimetarius Agaricus luridus Agaricus plicatus Agaricus sobolifer Coprinus atramentarius Coprinus atramentarius var. sobolifer Coprinus atramentarius var. soboliferus Coprinus luridus Coprinus plicatus Coprinus sobolifer Coprinus soboliferus

Common Name:

Common Inkcap

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (10) Poa (3) Salix (2) Quercus (2) Fraxinus excelsior (2) Rhododendron (1) Poaceae (1) Abies procera (1) Larix (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Picea abies (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (11) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9) Woodland and scrub (8) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Woodland (4) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Built up area, domestic (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Scrub (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Boundaries: earth bank (1) Boundaries: intact hedge (1) Built-up areas (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Other habitat (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (29) Soil Grassy (14) Soil Leaves (2) Stump (2) Buried Wood (1) Dead stump (1) Dead Wood (1) Leaf Litter (1) Soil Mossy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) March (3) April (1) June (3) July (2) August (7) September (24) October (40) November (9) December (2)