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Fairy Inkcap

Coprinellus disseminatus

1,397Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan61
Feb8
Mar15
Apr49
May60
Jun47
Jul110
Aug141
Sep232
Oct415
Nov201
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England142
2Oxfordshire England84
3Cambridgeshire England64
4Bristol, City of England52
5Gloucestershire England48
6Sefton England36
7Kent England30
8Worcestershire England27
9Cornwall England26
10Somerset England26
11Surrey England24
12North Yorkshire England23
13Essex England16
14Pembrokeshire Wales14
15Brighton and Hove England11
1,193 England51 Scotland51 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,397
Peak month
October
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Coprinellus disseminatus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
812
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Coprinellus
Name with authority
Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E.Lange
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1071819 · GBIF 2534625