| Re: Coprinus
As for the latest on this, to which Nick was alluding, and for your information Mal, I have extracted what the Checklist says on this interesting find of yours:
"Parasola auricoma (Pat.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple, in Redhead, Vilgalys, Moncalvo, Johnson & Hopple, Taxon 50(1): 235 (2001)
Coprinus auricomus Pat., Tabl. analyt. Fung. France (Paris): 200 (1886)
Coprinus hansenii J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 2(3): 48 (1915)
Habitat: Singly or in small groups on soil, in woodland and may be hugely abundant on woodchip mulch in parks and gardens.
Notes: Common and widespread but under-recorded, and often mistakenly identified as C. plicatilis. Possibly increasing with the use of woodchip mulch on flowerbeds in parks and gardens. The presence of thick walled brownish setae on the pileal disc is diagnostic."
Cheers
David
Last edited by cybershot; 16-06-2008 at 04:05 PM.
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