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Coprinus quadrifidus.
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| location: North America | | edibility: Poisonous/Suspect | | fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige | | normal size: 5-15cm | | cap type: Conical or nearly so | | stem type: Ring on stem | | flesh: Flesh granular or brittle | | spore colour: Purplish to black | | habitat: Grows on wood |
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Coprinus quadrifidus Pk. Cap 2-7cm across at base, 4-7cm high, egg-shaped expanding to bell-shaped; whitish at first from veil remnants, then becoming dingy buff to gray or grayish brown; felty at first, breaking up into loose cottony-flaky patches or warts. Gills free, crowded, broad; white becoming purplish, then blackish or inky. Stem 40-120 x 5-l0mm, hollow; white with brownish rhizomorphs connected to the base; felty, scaly; white partial veil leaving evanescent ring. Taste unpleasant. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, with pore at tip, 7.5-10 x 4-5µ. Deposit blackish. Habitat growing in large clusters on hardwoods, especially elm and ash. Found in northeastern North America west to the Great Lakes. Season June-August. Edibility suspect-may cause stomach upset in some people. |
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Zoran Tasovac (Canada) - 05 June 2015
Found near Ancaster ON on June 2nd.
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Sharon Norris (United States) - 19 June 2013
Found in Whitehall Ohio
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Andrew Block (United States) - 17 November 2012
On mulch next to oak stump along Central Park West just south of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, N.Y., taken September 8, 2012.
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Andrew Block (United States) - 17 November 2012
On mulch next to oak stump along Central Park West just south of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, N.Y., taken September 8, 2012.
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Andrew Block (United States) - 17 November 2012
On mulch next to oak stump along Central Park West just south of the American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan, N.Y., taken September 8, 2012.
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elizabeth suits (United States) - 31 May 2010
another nice image to share
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