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| synonyms: Coprin dissemine, Fairy Inkcap, GesäterTintling, Sereges tintagomba |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Brown |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows on the ground, Grows on wood |
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Coprinus disseminatus (Pers. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray syn. Psathyrella disseminala (Pers. ex Fr.) Quél. Fairy Inkcap, Gesäter Tintling, Coprin dissemine, Sereges tintagomba. Cap 0.5-1.5cm high, ovoid at first, expanding to convex or bell-shaped; pale buff with buff or honey-buff center; deeply grooved, minutely scruffy. Gills attached, nearly distant, broad; white then amber to black, but not inky or deliquescing. Stem 15-40 x 1-3mm, hollow, fragile; white with a buff tinge near the base, which is covered in white down; smooth to minutely hairy. Flesh fragile. Odor none. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, smooth, 7-9.5 x 4-5µ. Deposit dark brown or blackish. Dermatocystidia thin-walled, blunt, cylindrical, with a swollen base, 75-100 x 20-30µ. Habitat in large groups (sometimes hundreds) on stumps and debris of deciduous wood and on lawns and grassy areas. Found widely distributed in eastern North America and California and Europe. Season May-October (November-March in southern California). Edible but not worthwhile. |
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 19 November 2008

C. disseminatus probably contains coprin, a substance characteristic for C. atramentarius. Luckily enough, hardly anybody eats C. disseminatus because of the small size.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 19 November 2008

In the foreground, Xylaria polymorpha.
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