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Drooping Cone-Head

Conocybe deliquescens

Description:

Drooping Cone-Head Conocybe deliquescens

1 Species ID Suggestions

gully.moy
gully.moy 11 years ago
Drooping Cone-Head
Conocybe deliquescens


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6 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks for ID gully!

gully.moy
gully.moy 11 years ago

I made up the common name based on the Latin by the way :-)

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks gully!

gully.moy
gully.moy 11 years ago

My first instinct was an Ink Cap too, however I now suspect that these may be C. deliquescens instead. I'm not 100% but a spore print would settle it. Brown = Conocybe, Black = Ink Cap (Coprinellus or Coprinopsis species).

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Thanks for your comment Hemma!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

nice onre Myra. If you get a chance observe it for a two.The cap of this mushroom rolls up and is known as inky cap/looks like it is the season for these.

MayraSpringmann
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MayraSpringmann

Iacanga, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2013

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