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Deconica coprophila (Dung Brownie)
(Bull.) P. Karst. 1821
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Strophariaceae
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Buckenham, Stanford Wood (STANTA) TL8494East Wretham Heath TL9188Garboldisham, Broomscot Common TM0080Gressenhall Rural Life Museum TF9717Holme Dunes TF7145Leziate Pits TF6818Sheringham Park TG1341Thetford, Barnham Cross Common TL8681

Summary

10 records from 8 different sites
Years (# of records): 1991 (1) 2000 (1) 2002 (1) 2012 (1) 2016 (1) 2019 (1) 2021 (1) 2022 (1) 2024 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Psilocybe coprophila
Associations: Bos; Equus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; rabbit
Substrates: dung; soil; soil, turf
Finders: A.L. Bull; Andy Brown; Anne Crotty; foray; Gill Judd; Helen Smith; J. Williamson; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; Anne Crotty; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: R.E. Evans
Comments: None

Record Details

16/06/1991 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; dung; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
30/09/2000 Buckenham, Stanford Wood (STANTA); TL8494; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
02/11/2002 Leziate Pits; TF6818; Bos; dung; J. Williamson; A.L. Bull; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
21/04/2012 Sheringham Park; TG138417; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
26/06/2016 Garboldisham, Broomscot Common; TM0080; soil; Helen Smith; Tony Leech; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
02/11/2019 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL8681; dung; Gill Judd; Yvonne Mynett; [as Psilocybe coprophila]; VC26
18/09/2021 Holme Dunes; TF7145; Oryctolagus cuniculus; dung; Andy Brown; Yvonne Mynett; [as Psilocybe coprophila]; Lit. cited: 77
; Additional NotesOriginally recorded as Psilocybe conopilea in error but changed by TL after consulting with YM

22/10/2022 Gressenhall Rural Life Museum; TF9717; Equus; dung; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; Lit. cited: 78;98
29/09/2024 East Wretham Heath; TL9188; rabbit; dung; foray; Tony Leech; [as Psilocybe coprophila]
29/09/2024 East Wretham Heath; TL9188; Rabbit; dung; foray; Tony Leech; [as Psilocybe coprophila]

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