4 November 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Coprinus niveus Common Name Snowy Ink Cap Cap Conical, expanding with age, becoming flattened, whitish, and covered with white floccules when young, to about 3 cm across Gills Free, crowded, whitish, then black and deliquescing Stem +/- equal, white Flesh White Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On cow and horse dung Spore Print Black Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (15-19) x (11-13) µm2 Edibility Unknown |