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

synonyms: Glimmeriger Scheibchentintling, Pleated Inkcap
Coprinus plicatilis Mushroom
Ref No: 7590
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Coprinus plicatilis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7591
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Coprinus plicatilis (Fr.) Fr.
Glimmeriger Scheibchentintling Pleated Inkcap Cap 0.5–1.5cm high, cylindric-ovoid expanding to shallowly convex or flat with depressed centre, buff with cinnamon centre, soon deeply grooved and greying from margin inwards. Stem 30–70 x 1–2mm, white discolouring buff from the base upwards. Smell none. Gills clay pink then grey, finally black, hardly deliquescing. Spore print black. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, 10–13-8.5–10.5um. Habitat in grass on lawns at pathsides. Season spring to late autumn. Common. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe.

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