Coprinellus disseminatus

Coprinellus disseminatus
Scientific classification
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 disseminatus Pers. (1801) Pseudocoprinus disseminatus (Pers.) Kühner (1928) Coprinus disseminatus (Pers.) Gray (1821)

Coprinellus disseminatus Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is black
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is edible

Life cycle Of Coprinellus disseminatus (zoom in)

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. Unlike most other coprinoid mushrooms, C. disseminatus does not dissolve into black ink (deliquesce) in maturity. The species was given its current name in 1939 by Jakob Emanuel Lange.^[5]

Coprinellus disseminatus has about 143 sexes (mating types).^[2] The species is nonpoisonous.^[6]

Gallery

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  Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as "fairy inkcap" or "trooping crumble cap"
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  Trooping crumble caps closeup
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  Gills of trooping crumble cap
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  Trooping crumble caps
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  New born Trooping crumble caps
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  Trooping crumble caps
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  Dead Trooping crumble caps
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  Dying trooping crumble cap
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  Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as "fairy inkcap" or "trooping crumble cap" in a tree
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  A close view of trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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  A colony of trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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  New born trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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  Trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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  The Fairy Inkcap, Coprinellus disseminatus, rarely ventures forth alone
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  Fairy Inkcap, Coprinellus disseminatus
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  New born trooping crumble cap mushrooms.
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  Trooping crumble cap mushrooms.

References

1. "Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK-Revised". Scottish Fungi. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
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. 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.

External links

• Mushroom Expert