Coprinellus disseminatus

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Coprinellus disseminatus
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Coprinellus
Species:
C. disseminatus
Binomial name
Coprinellus disseminatus
(Pers.) J.E.Lange (1938)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus disseminatusPers. (1801)
  • Pseudocoprinus disseminatus(Pers.) Kühner (1928)
  • Coprinus disseminatus(Pers.) Gray (1821)
Coprinellus disseminatus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Adnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnate
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
Transparent spore print icon.svg
Spore print is black
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Edible.pngEdibility is edible
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Coprinellus disseminatus, formerly known as Coprinus disseminatus and commonly known as the fairy inkcap, [1] [2] fairy bonnet, [3] or trooping crumble cap, [4] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. It can be found around dead wood in Europe and North America.

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Taxonomy

The species was given its current name in 1939 by Jakob Emanuel Lange. [5]

Description

Coprinellus disseminatus grows to 4 centimetres (1+58 in) tall. The bell-shaped cap is tannish, becoming gray with age. [6] The spore print is blackish-brown. [7]

The species has about 143 sexes (mating types). [2]

Similar species

It is difficult to distinguish from related species or lookalikes in Tulosesus . [7]

Unlike most other coprinoid mushrooms, C. disseminatus does not dissolve into black ink (deliquesce) in maturity.[ citation needed ]

Distribution and habitat

The species grows on dead wood such as rotting stumps and is widespread across Europe. [6] It can be found in North America from June to November in the East and October to March near the West Coast. [7]

Uses

The species is nonpoisonous. [8] It can be eaten raw or cooked but does not preserve well. [6]

References

  1. "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK-Revised". Scottish Fungi. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  2. 1 2 Sujal S. Phadke (July 2018). "Sex begets sexes" . Nature. 2 (7): 1063–1064. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0597-0. PMID   29942014. S2CID   49410200.
  3. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN   978-0-89815-169-5.
  4. Harris H. (2014). Pocket Guide to Mushrooms. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 118. ISBN   978-1-4729-1505-4.
  5. Lange JE. (1938). "Studies in the Agarics of Denmark. Part XII. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Tubaria, Galera, Bolbitius, Pluteolus, Crepidotus, Pseudopaxillus, Paxillus". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 9 (6): 93.
  6. 1 2 3 Francis-Baker, Tiffany (2021). Concise Foraging Guide. The Wildlife Trusts. London: Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN   978-1-4729-8474-6.
  7. 1 2 3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 593. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  8. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 227. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.