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Coprinus disseminatus

 
Coprinus disseminatus, sometimes called the Trouping Crumble Cap, forms dense masses on rotting tree stumps and roots. These gregarious little fungi occur from early spring until winter.

Identification guide

Cap

Typically 0.5 to 1.5 cm in diameter and initially 1 to 1.5 cm tall, flattening as they open out, the caps are at first egg-shaped, then bell-shaped often with slightly upturned margins.

Beige when young, the pleated caps turn grey and then blacken somewhat from the margin.

Gills

The adnate gills are white, turning grey and then black as the spores mature. When fully mature they do not dissolve rapidly into an inky fluid, as many of the ink caps do.

Stipe

The thin, hollows stems are white and very fragile.

Spore print

Black.

Odour/taste

Not distinctive.

Habitat

On and beside stumps and rotting wood.

Season

August to November.

Occurrence

Quite common, both in woodland and on stumps in shaded hedgerows.

Similar species

  1. Coprinus micaceus grows in tufts, but rarely in such massive groups; it has larger, tan caps which are covered in tiny glistening veil fragments when young.
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