April 2004 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Coprinus lagopides, Coprinus jonesii Cap Egg shaped, expanding with age and becoming flattened with an upturned margin, radially grooved, dark grey and covered with whitish floccules when young, to about 4 cm across Gills Free, crowded, grey at first, then black and deliquescing Stem +/- equal, white Flesh Grey in the cap, white in the stem Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On fire sites and burnt wood Spore Print Violaceous black Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to sub-spherical, smooth (6-9) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus could be confused with several species especially Coprinopsis lagopus |