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Alcohol Inky Cap

Coprinopsis atramentaria

1,081Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
90Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb5
Mar31
Apr47
May37
Jun19
Jul15
Aug33
Sep177
Oct437
Nov160
Dec42

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England109
2Cambridgeshire England69
3Gloucestershire England47
4Highland Scotland33
5Worcestershire England33
6Oxfordshire England32
7Sefton England28
8Bristol, City of England24
9Cornwall England22
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland16
11Liverpool England15
12North Yorkshire England12
13Glasgow City Scotland12
14Perth and Kinross Scotland11
15Stirling Scotland10
817 England121 Scotland23 Wales78 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 90 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,081
Peak month
October
Counties with records
90
Scientific name
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
900
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Coprinopsis
Name with authority
Coprinopsis atramentaria (Bull.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q728673 · GBIF 5242740