May 2000 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Coprinus domesticus Cap Egg shaped, expanding with age, radially grooved, pale yellow brown to orange brown, covered with whitish floccules, gradually deliquescing from the margin inwards, to about 5 cm across Gills Free, crowded, whitish at first, then blackish, finally deliquescing Stem Tapered upwards, smooth, white Flesh White Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Spring to summer Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to cylindrical, smooth (7.5-10) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes The fruiting bodies emerge from an orange mycelium, which may be visible at the base of the stem 
3 May 2008 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
5 May 2008 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |