Parasola plicatilis

An Ink Cap at Morton, NSW

Parasola plicatilis at Morton, NSW - 29 Jan 2019
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Identification history

Parasola plicatilis 13 Apr 2019 Teresa
Parasola plicatilis 12 Apr 2019 Pam
Parasola sp. 10 Apr 2019 Teresa
Unidentified 10 Apr 2019 vivdavo

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4 comments

Teresa wrote:
   11 Apr 2019
Need to check this when I return home. Is it Parasola sp??
Stewart wrote:
   12 Apr 2019
Beautiful!
Pam wrote:
   12 Apr 2019
What a delightful image. Yes it looks like Parasola plicatilis which is the new name for Coprinus plicatilis, which is in the species list. This name needs to be changed.
Pam wrote:
   14 Apr 2019
Many thanks Teresa

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Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • Parasola plicatilis Scientific name
  • An Ink Cap Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 10.57m to 120m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Coprinus plicatilis
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