Common ink cap
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Coprinopsis atramentaria
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Psathyrellaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Bell
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Meadow, Gardens
- Spore print
- Black
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its Latin name atramentaria comes from atramentum, the Latin word for ink.
- As its spores ripen, the cap melts into a black, inky liquid.
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Similar fungi
- Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus
- St georges mushroom
Calocybe gambosa
- Verdigris agaric
Stropharia aeruginosa
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q728673 · All fungi · All entries