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

synonyms: Mist-Tintling
Coprinus narcoticus Mushroom
Ref No: 7584
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black

Coprinus narcoticus (Batsch. ex Fr.) Fr. Mist-Tintling Cap 1–1.5cm high, cylindric-ovoid becoming flat, the margin becoming split and rolled back, pale grey covered in coarse white granular meal becoming buff and warty towards the centre. Stem 15–65 x 2–8mm, sometimes rooting at the base. Smell strongly of tar-gas. Gills white rapidly becoming black. Spore print black. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, 11–13.5 x 5.5–7ì, remains of perispore often visible. Mealy covering of cap formed of thin-walled globose cells ornamented with granular warts. Habitat on dung or manured soil. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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