Coprinellus disseminatus
| Coprinellus disseminatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Psathyrellaceae |
| Genus: | Coprinellus |
| Species: | C. disseminatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coprinellus disseminatus | |
| Synonyms | |
Coprinellus disseminatus | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is black |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible |
Coprinellus disseminatus, formerly known as Coprinus disseminatus and commonly known as the fairy inkcap,[1][2] fairy bonnet,[3] or trooping crumble cap,[4] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. It can be found around dead wood in Europe and North America.
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was given its current name in 1939 by Jakob Emanuel Lange.[5]
Description
[edit]Coprinellus disseminatus grows to 4 centimetres (1+5⁄8 in) tall. The bell-shaped cap is tannish, becoming gray with age.[6] The spore print is blackish-brown.[7]
The species has about 143 sexes (mating types).[2]
Similar species
[edit]It is difficult to distinguish from related species or lookalikes in Tulosesus.[7]
C. disseminatus does not dissolve into black ink (deliquesce) in maturity,[3] unlike most other coprinoid mushrooms.[citation needed]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species grows on dead wood such as rotting stumps and is widespread across Europe.[6] It can be found in North America from June to November in the East and October to March near the West Coast.[7]
Uses
[edit]The species is nonpoisonous.[8] It can be eaten raw or cooked but does not preserve well.[6] It is considered too small to be of value.[3]
Gallery
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Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as "fairy inkcap" or "trooping crumble cap" -
Trooping crumble caps closeup -
Gills of trooping crumble cap -
Trooping crumble caps -
New born Trooping crumble caps -
Trooping crumble caps -
Dead Trooping crumble caps -
Dying trooping crumble cap -
Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as "fairy inkcap" or "trooping crumble cap" in a tree -
A close view of trooping crumble cap mushrooms. -
A colony of trooping crumble cap mushrooms. -
New born trooping crumble cap mushrooms. -
Trooping crumble cap mushrooms. -
The Fairy Inkcap, Coprinellus disseminatus, rarely ventures forth alone -
Fairy Inkcap, Coprinellus disseminatus -
New born trooping crumble cap mushrooms. -
Trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK-Revised". Scottish Fungi. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ a b Sujal S. Phadke (July 2018). "Sex begets sexes". Nature. 2 (7): 1063–1064. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0597-0. PMID 29942014. S2CID 49410200.
- ^ a b c Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 352–53. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ Harris H. (2014). Pocket Guide to Mushrooms. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-4729-1505-4.
- ^ Lange JE. (1938). "Studies in the Agarics of Denmark. Part XII. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Tubaria, Galera, Bolbitius, Pluteolus, Crepidotus, Pseudopaxillus, Paxillus". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 9 (6): 93.
- ^ a b c Francis-Baker, Tiffany (2021). Concise Foraging Guide. The Wildlife Trusts. London: Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4729-8474-6.
- ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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