Psilocybe coprophila (Bull.) P. Kumm.
(a brownie)

Interactions where Psilocybe coprophila is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 (clustered) clustered 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
Keys to Fungi on Dung, Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe coprophila/Psilocybe coprophilaa brownieclusteredfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Herbivores/Herbivoresmammalian herbivoresweathereddung

Psilocybe coprophila (a brownie) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psilocybe coprophila (a brownie) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsilocybe coprophila (a brownie)
GenusPsilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psilocybe coprophila (a brownie)

Psilocybe coprophila (a brownie) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Psilocybe coprophila (a brownie):

A small brown toadstool that grows on dung.

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