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This specimens was on litter, near a root, in an environmental reserve of the Atlantic Forest.

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8 Comments

orbea
orbea 10 years ago

It only has that yellow UV as a pin which completely disappears with age or presents itself on the stem base as seen here.

http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_i...

It is a poorly known species besides a few MO observations & Smith's description of a single collection from Southern CA besides being relatively common here. And yea, at the very least we would need to find someone who has scoped many Brazilian or at the least South American inky caps.

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

Does Psathyrella atrospora have a veil? In any case I wouldn't describe it as Coprinoid. But it's interesting if some of the new Parasola species do display a veil.

Without a microscope I think Identification would be impossible.

orbea
orbea 10 years ago

I'm not really sure which way to lean either, I'm not really familiar with Brazilian inky caps. Going through Uljé's key would help, but that requires micro. http://www.grzyby.pl/coprinus-site-Kees-...

And considering species like Coprinopsis marcescibilis the DNA could always surprise us. http://www.vielepilze.de/selten/psat/bek...

Also, its not 100% true that Parasola do not have a veil if you think species like Psathyrella atrospora should be moved into Parasola like P. conopilus was, it is mostly true at least though....
http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_i...
http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_i...

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

Exactly, not Parasola because of veil remnants. It's definitely a Coprinoid mushroom so that leaves us with Coprinellus and Coprinopsis. I don't know how to differentiate between those genera but I think Coprinopsis tends to be a little more deliquescent and more likely to have scaly veil remnants as opposed to powdery ones like in Coprinellus. But I don't know how accurate that is...

orbea
orbea 10 years ago

I agree, now that I look at it again its certainly seems one or the other, probably not Parasola or one of the lesser known genera.

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

Yup, Psathyrellaceae. I can go slightly further by saying Probably Coprinopsis, but possibly Coprinellus.

orbea
orbea 10 years ago

Looks in Psathyrellaceae, but I can't really place it farther than that by sight...

LeonardoMB
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LeonardoMB

Monte Belo, MG, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 22, 2013
Submitted on Dec 25, 2013

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