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

synonyms: Kuhfladen-Tintling
Coprinus pachyspermus Mushroom
Ref No: 7586
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Coprinus pachyspermus Orton Kuhfladen-Tintling. Cap 1–3cm high, ellipsoid, sometimes with pointed apex, expanding to broadly conical and splitting at the margin, grey or creamy, covered in coarse mealy flocculose scales. Stem 30–110 x 2–4mm, fragile, white, sometimes with the remains of the mealy veil around the base. Smell none. Gills cream then black. Spore print black. Spores ellipsoid to ovoid, 15–17 x 12.5–14um. Basidia two-spored. Mealy covering of cap formed of smooth, thin-walled globose cells. Habitat on cow dung. Season summer. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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