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Inky Cap

Coprinopsis atramentaria

Description:

Black gills. Ring around lower portion of stem

Habitat:

under a tree.

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6 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

I'm glad you were able to ID it! Good job Emma :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Cindy this looks like' Coprinopsis atramentaria"

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

they have me stumped as much as the snails do. I plan to borrow a book from the library on snails.
In this spotting the cap is more tubular than umbrella shaped and it is not fused to the stem like in shaggy mane.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thanks Emma. These fungi really have me stumped :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Cindy ,having seen about 6 species in the last two days, i can say quite confidently that there is definitely a difference in the caps between the two spottings.
In my spottings the cap structure is more on the side of a shaggy mane.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi Emma, I don't know if they're the same but I have an unknown spotting that seems to be quite similar. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/748... Let me know what you think.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Fresno, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 14, 2011
Submitted on Nov 14, 2011

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