Flocculose Ink Cap at Berry, NSW
Identification history
| Coprinellus flocculosus | 30 Aug 2019 | Pam | ||
| Unidentified | 30 Aug 2019 | gerringongTB |
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User's notes
This 'toadstool' was on the walking track behind Seven Mile Beach, near Beach rd Berry
1 comment
Pam
wrote:
31 Aug 2019
This belongs to the group of fungi known as 'ink caps'. This is because as the spores, which are black, mature from the edge of the cap in towards the centre the cap liquifies to form an ink-like substance! These are decomposers (saprotrophic) and are cycling nutrients back into the substrate.
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.779100-34.791400
- Maps Seven Mile Beach National Park
- Places Berry, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2018 09:37 AM Recorded on
- gerringongTB Recorded by
Species information
- Coprinellus flocculosus Scientific name
- Flocculose Ink Cap Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 15.52m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Coprinus flocculosus
