Coprinoid Mushrooms

Coprinoid Mushrooms

Coprinoid Mushrooms Coprinoid mushrooms (also known as inky caps or inkcaps) are a type of mushroom that can be found throughout Victoria. One characteristic of most inkcaps is that their gills liquefy with age. Inkcaps can be categorized into four genuses- Coprinus, coprinopsis, coprinellus, and parasola. Species in each genus: Parasola: - Parasola plicatilis (pleated inkcap) ​ Coprinopsis: - Coprinopsis Lagopus (hare’s foot inkcap) ​ - Coprinopsis atramentaria (common inkcap) ​ Coprinellus: - Coprinellus micaceus (mica cap) ​ Coprinus: - Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane or shaggy inkcap) ​ Left: Mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus), Above: Unknown, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bottom left: Common inkcap (Coprinopsis atramentaria), ​ ​ Below: Hare’s foot inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus). ​ Species Cap Stalk/stipe Gills Habitat Description Mica cap -Tan brown cap with -White -Either -Grow in dense furrow lines -Hollow attached or clumps -Often has small -Very smooth, free -On ground around glistening particles on the with no partial -White when rotting wood (they are very top (hence the name veil young, saprobic) mica cap) eventually -Moist environment -Brown furrow lines turns black as it radiate from the top matures downward -Gills also -Shaped like a simple bell deliquesce with age and turn into a black, gooey mess Common -Round, before turning -White -Tightly packed -Saprobic, so it likes inkcap into a bell shape gills growing around the -Starts brown and -White at first, bases of trees and on eventually turns black before old, decomposing eventually wood becoming black -Grows also around before woodland autodigesting trails/footpaths -Free from stalk Pleated -Pale grey with a round -Very fragile -Start white -Short lived inkcap tawny brown circle on the -Slightly bigger and eventually -Often found on lawns very top right in the center around base turn black with and sometimes leaf -Heavily ribbed -Cream or age litter and woodchips -Starts in a round shape, white, -Thin and (they are saprobic) and as it matures the cap brownish near spaced out spreads out flat the base -Gills deliquesce with age, turning into a gooey, black mess. Hare’s -Light grey -White -Thin and -Short lived foot -Starts off egg shaped, -Hollow spaced out, -Grows in leaf litter inkcap then becomes flat, and -Frail free from the and wood mulch eventually the edges turn stipe upwards. -Deliquesce, starting from the edges Sources: https://northernbushcraft.com/mushrooms/micaCap/notes.htm http://www.fungikingdom.net/articles-by-dianna-smith/coprinoid-mushrooms/index.html https://www.liveoutdoors.com/hunting/233803-ink-caps-common-lawn-mushroom-and-choice-wil d-edible/ http://www.fungusfactfriday.com/192-coprinellus-micaceus/ https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/parasola-plicatilis.php https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprinopsis-atramentaria.php https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/coprinopsis-lagopus.php Photos taken by Mohannah Singh Really Good Site for Identification: https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/~id-guide.php .

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