Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4233501

Coprinellus flocculosus

Flocculose Ink Cap at Berry, NSW

Coprinellus flocculosus at Berry, NSW - 30 Mar 2018 09:37 AM
Coprinellus flocculosus at Berry, NSW - 30 Mar 2018 09:37 AM
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Identification history

Coprinellus flocculosus 30 Aug 2019 Pam
Unverified 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

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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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Species information

  • Coprinellus flocculosus Scientific name
  • Flocculose Ink Cap Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 15.52m to 34.33m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Coprinus flocculosus
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