Coprinellus flocculosus
Flocculose Ink Cap at Berry, NSW
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| 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
1 comment
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.779100-34.791400
- Places Berry, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2018 09:37 AM Recorded on
- gerringongTB Recorded by
Collections
- Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] gerringongTB South Coast NatureMapr Coprinellus flocculosus
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
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Synonyms
Coprinus flocculosus