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Magpie Inkcap

Coprinopsis picacea

607Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May1
Jun1
Jul1
Aug6
Sep53
Oct357
Nov139
Dec30

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England59
2Gloucestershire England53
3Essex England52
4Surrey England37
5Norfolk England32
6Kent England32
7Cambridgeshire England9
8North Yorkshire England7
9Herefordshire, County of England7
10Cornwall England6
11Worcestershire England6
12Southend-on-Sea England5
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
14Lincolnshire England3
15Nottinghamshire England3
578 England10 Scotland9 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
607
Peak month
October
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Coprinopsis picacea
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
307
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Psathyrellaceae
Genus
Coprinopsis
Name with authority
Coprinopsis picacea (Bull.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q779716 · GBIF 5242777