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Common Ink cap

Coprinopsis atramentaria

Description:

A cluster of mushrooms, spotted in Stafford, England. The sequence (going backwards) shows how they grew over about a week.

Habitat:

Undergrowth / bark chippings.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Common ink cap
Coprinopsis atramentaria Coprinopsis atramentaria - Wikipedia


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2 Comments

Chris79
Chris79 3 years ago

Thanks Zlatan, yes I think you're right, looks like an Ink cap.

Zlatan Celebic
Zlatan Celebic 3 years ago

I'm never sure of my fungi IDs - the Common ink cap was my two-pence worth... Anyway, if not that one, it definitely looks like one of ink-caps or coprinoid fungi from Psathyrellaceae family; and mainly because of general shape, then that recurving edge that is starting to decompose and liquify; and there is no ring visible
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Chris79
Spotted by
Chris79

England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Oct 22, 2020
Submitted on Jan 5, 2021

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