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

synonyms: Hare's Foot Inkcap, Hasen-Tintling
Coprinus lagopus Mushroom
Ref No: 7580
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Coprinus lagopus (Fr.) Fr.
Hasen-Tintling Hare's Foot Inkcap Cap 2–4cm high, cylindrical-ovoid or conical, almost flat when expanded, greyish covered with whitish to greyish fibrillose veil remnants. Stem 65–130 x 2–3mm, swollen at base, white, covered in down as the cap at first then smooth. Smell none. Gills white, rapidly turning black. Spore print violaceous black. Spores ellipsoid, 11–13.5 x 6–7um. Habitat on soil or in leaf litter in shady woods, less frequently in fields. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible – but not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe.

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