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| synonyms: Mist-Tintling |
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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 |
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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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stephen weiser (United States) - 27 April 2010
Boise Idaho, April 22, 2010. Urban lawn, fertilized spring 2009 with composted manure.
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Brad Snyman (South Africa) - 09 December 2009
Found one on the edge of a pond, the cap tends to fold up and gills tend to become a thick black slime, seemed like there was yellow on the cap though?
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captain destructo (United States) - 24 March 2009
Returns spring and fall
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