Coprinus impatiens (Fr.) Quel. syn. Psathyrella impatiens (Fr.) Kuhner. Graublattriger Zwergtintling. Cap 1–3cm high, ellipsoid at first then broadly convex, finally flat, pale buff with cinnamon centre drying whitish, strongly grooved to centre. Stem 70–100 x 2–4mm, white. Smell none. Gills pale clay-buff then greying, hardly deliquescing. Spore print dark umber. Spores ellipsoid, 9–12 x 5–6um. Dermatocystidia 70–120 x 8–14um, thin-walled, lageniform with a rather acute apex. Habitat in leaf litter or soil in broad-leaved woods, especially beech-woods on chalk. Season autumn to winter. Occasional. Edibility unknown-avoid. Distribution, America and Europe. |