21 October 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Dung Cap Cap Bell shaped, pale cream, smooth, or wrinkled, sometimes sticky, margin slightly ragged, about 1 to 5 cm across Gills Adnate, grey, aging violaceous black, mottled, with a white margin Stem Equal, often with a slightly bulbous base, white with a fleshy ring, to about 15 cm long and 0.5 cm wide Flesh White, tinged yellow in the cap and the stem base Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Spring to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On horse, sheep and cow dung Spore Print Violaceous black Edibility Inedible |