16 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Coprinus lagopus Cap Bullet shaped, expanding with age, becoming flattened with an upturned margin, yellow brown and covered with white floccules when young, to about 5 cm across Gills White at first, then black and deliquescing Stem Tapered upwards, whitish, hollow, fragile Flesh Fragile, white Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil in woods, and on woody debris, especially piles of wood chips Spore Print Violaceous black Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond-shaped, smooth (11-13.5) x (6-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes Thus fungus could be confused with several species especially Coprinopsis jonesii 
16 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |