Common Ink Cap vs Lamulate Shrew

Coprinopsis atramentaria compared with Chodsigoa lamula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Ink Cap	Lamulate Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)
Family	Psathyrellaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Coprinopsis	Chodsigoa
Species	Coprinopsis atramentaria	Chodsigoa lamula

Conservation Status

Common Ink Cap

LC — Least Concern

Lamulate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Ink Cap	Lamulate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Ink Cap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

Lamulate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Ink Cap

<em>Coprinopsis atramentaria</em>, commonly known as the common ink cap, is a saprotrophic fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. It is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, with a distribution spanning Asia (including Taiwan), Europe, and North America. The species typically grows on forest floors, buried wood, stumps, and other decomposing woody substrates in temperate regions. As a saprotroph, it plays an important ecological role in breaking down organic matter. The common ink cap is notable for containing coprine, a compound that inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase and causes unpleasant reactions when consumed with alcohol. Diet information for this species is not available in current records. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.