Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson
(Glistening Inkcap)

Interactions where Coprinellus micaceus 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 on decayed wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	wood		Major		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed stump (large)			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	stump (large)		Major		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed log			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	log		Major		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed trunk			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fallen, decayed	trunk		Major		(3-6,10-12)
Ozonium stage		Ozonium stage is saprobic on decayed wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		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/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				Ozonium stage	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	wood		Major		(Spring)
Ozonium stage		Ozonium stage is saprobic on decayed stump (large)			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		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/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				Ozonium stage	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	stump (large)		Major		(Spring)
Ozonium stage		Ozonium stage is saprobic on decayed log			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		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/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				Ozonium stage	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		decayed	log		Major		(Spring)
Ozonium stage		Ozonium stage is saprobic on fallen, decayed trunk			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		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/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				Ozonium stage	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fallen, decayed	trunk		Major		(Spring)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		decayed	wood		Minor		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed stump (large)			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		decayed	stump (large)		Minor		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on decayed log			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		decayed	log		Minor		(3-6,10-12)
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed trunk			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus, Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinellus micaceus/	Coprinellus micaceus	glistening inkcap				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		fallen, decayed	trunk		Minor		(3-6,10-12)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A., 1981	Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 15 (1): 57-58.

Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap)
Genus	Coprinellus (a genus of inkcaps)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Coprinellus micaceus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap)

Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Coprinellus
(a genus of inkcaps)

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Reid, D.A. & Thomas, A.	1981	Observations on the fruiting of a mycelium of Coprinus micaceus	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 15 (1): 57-58.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap):

Coprinellus
(a genus of inkcaps)

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap)

A very common, medium-sized inkcap which grows singly or in large clusters on frondose stumps and logs. It can be found throughout the year. The young cap is covered with glistening mica-like particles which give rise to both the English and scientific names.

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