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Coprinus comatus (O.F. Müll.) Pers., Tent. disp. meth. Fung.: 62 (1797)

Agaricus comatus O.F. Müll., Fl. Danic.: tab. 834 (1767)
Agaricus ovatus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 5 (1774)
Agaricus fimetarius Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 1: 44, tab. 44 (1788)
Agaricus cylindricus Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 2: tab. 189 (1799)
Coprinus ovatus (Schaeff.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 242 (1838) [1836-1838]
Coprinus comatus var. ovatus (Schaeff.) Fr., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 121 (1886)
Coprinus comatus var. caprimammillatus Bogart, The Genus Coprinus in Washington and Adjacent Western States [Ph.D. dissertation] (Seattle): 55 (1975)

Habitat: On soil especially where disturbed by man, or mixed with woody debris, often amongst grass at roadsides, on lawns, and on rubbish tips.

Notes: Very common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31335; Scotland: K(M) 70815; NI: K(M) 82998

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 228, pl. 270
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 176-177
D+I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 270
D+I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 262
D:, in Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D., & Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 2 Coprinaceae: Coprinus 2: 148 pp. (1979), p. 29

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