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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