Coprinellus disseminatus

Coprinellus disseminatus (formerly Coprinus disseminatus; commonly known as "fairy inkcap."[1] [2]or "trooping crumble cap"[3]) 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.[4]

Coprinellus disseminatus
Scientific classification
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
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is black
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible
Life Cycle Of Coprinellus disseminatus (zoom in)

Coprinellus disseminatus has about 143 sexes (mating types).[2]

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

See also

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. Harris H. (2014). Pocket Guide to Mushrooms. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-4729-1505-4.
  4. 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.


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