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Shaggy Inkcap

Coprinus comatus

2,784Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
112Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar1
Apr1
May5
Jun14
Jul37
Aug81
Sep539
Oct1,582
Nov420
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England146
2Highland Scotland92
3Cambridgeshire England90
4Sefton England90
5Gloucestershire England84
6Kent England47
7North Yorkshire England41
8York England40
9Bristol, City of England39
10Surrey England36
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland35
12Somerset England34
13Worcestershire England33
14Glasgow City Scotland33
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland32
2,105 England336 Scotland146 Wales179 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,784
Peak month
October
Counties with records
112
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Coprinus comatus
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,405
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Genus
Coprinus
Name with authority
Coprinus comatus (O.F.Müll.) Pers.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q275125 · GBIF 7987658