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Glistening Inkcap

Coprinellus micaceus

3,198Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan128
Feb88
Mar162
Apr181
May108
Jun83
Jul86
Aug113
Sep415
Oct1,029
Nov540
Dec133

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England339
2Bristol, City of England188
3Gloucestershire England178
4Cambridgeshire England135
5Worcestershire England108
6Cornwall England102
7Oxfordshire England88
8Sefton England88
9Highland Scotland50
10Kent England49
11Argyll and Bute Scotland47
12Renfrewshire Scotland40
13Glasgow City Scotland33
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland30
15Somerset England24
2,583 England359 Scotland98 Wales137 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,198
Peak month
October
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Coprinellus micaceus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,888
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Coprinellus
Name with authority
Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq.Johnson
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q933206 · GBIF 2534578