Synonym Coprinus disseminatus.
Fungi > Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Agaricales > Family Psathyrellaceae.
Coprinellus disseminatus grows in clusters or large masses.
Caps to 10-20 mm across on a 35 mm stem.
They are fragile, hard to handle, thin and appear almost translucent.
Young caps ovate with minute hairs.
Older caps are dome or bell-shaped and smooth.
Caps are white or cream, then greyish-brown with a yellow-brown central disc.
The cap is finely grooved.
The gills attach to the top of the stem.
Gills are white, age to brown then black.
Only the gills autodigest.
Spores are a purple-black.
The bare stems are white and hollow and up to 3 cm tall.
There are minute hairs but no veil.
Coprinellus and Coprinopsis need microscopy to differentiate them.
J.F.
