Psilocybe inquilina (Fr.) Bres.
(Flecked Brownie)

Interactions where Psilocybe inquilina 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 fruitbody feeds on dead washed up bone UK/IrelandRare Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale Cetartiodactyla: Physeteridae All washed up, Watling, R. & Turnbull, E., 1996
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Animal / carrion / dead animal feederUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Cetartiodactyla/Physeteridae/Physeter macrocephalus/Physeter macrocephalussperm whalewashed upboneRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf of debris Major POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchdecayedleafdebrisMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed stem of debris Major POACEAE grasses, couch Poales 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchdecayedstemdebrisMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed twig Minor [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdecayedtwigMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed leaf Minor [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdecayedleafMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust Minor [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdecayedsawdustMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed frond Minor FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns 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/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe inquilina/Psilocybe inquilinaflecked browniefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate fernsdecayedfrondMinor

Psilocybe inquilina (Flecked Brownie) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psilocybe inquilina (Flecked 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
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E., 1996All washed upMycologist Vol 10 (2): 86-87.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsilocybe inquilina (Flecked 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 inquilina (Flecked Brownie)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Overall, A. 2013 Urban fungi - interesting fungi from parks and gardens of West London Field Mycology Vol 14 (3): 98-102.

Psilocybe inquilina (Flecked Brownie) may also 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 inquilina (Flecked Brownie):

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