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Common Inkcap - Coprinopsis atramentaria
Egg shaped, expanding with age, radially grooved, grey, often with a brown centre, to about 7 cm across.
On dead wood (often buried) from deciduous trees.
Spring to autumn.
Often grows in clumps.
Widespread and common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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- Common names
- Common Inkcap
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Psathyrellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 65
- First record:
- 13/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 23/11/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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