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Coprinus lagopides.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Kohlentintling
Coprinus lagopides 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7578
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Coprinus lagopides Mushroom
Ref No: 7579
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on the ground, Grows on wood

Coprinus lagopides Karst. Kohlentintling. Cap 2–6cm high, cylindrical to conical, expanding with margin gradually enrolling, white to grey, at first covered in a conspicuous whitish to greyish fibrillose veil remnants, later less so and striate from margin inwards. Stem 30–110 x 3–12mm, white, initially with white down then smooth in places, base white and woolly. Smell none. Gills soon dark vinaceous then black. Spore print violaceous black. Spores ellipsoid to subglobose, 6–9 x 5–7um. Habitat on burnt soil or charred wood and so differing markedly in habitat from the superficially similar C. lagopus. Season late autumn. Frequent. Edibility unknown-avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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