Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Coprinellus disseminatus
Likely identification. This entry is excluded from quiz questions.
Dense colonies of tiny bell-shaped mushrooms on decaying wood.
Fairy Inkcap. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
LIKELY IDENTIFICATION
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Dense colonies of tiny bell-shaped mushrooms on decaying wood
Pale to gray-brown, deeply grooved caps
Slender pale stems and darkening gills
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
Both the pale colony and the darker colony fit Fairy Inkcap. This is a likely photographic identification, not a confirmed determination; the seven photographs are excluded from quiz questions.
Other small coprinoid mushrooms can resemble this species. Size, spore print and microscopic features would help confirm both colonies.
Woodlands. Spring through fall.
Decomposes dead wood.
Pale to gray-brown, deeply grooved caps
Slender pale stems and darkening gills
Both the pale colony and the darker colony fit Fairy Inkcap. This is a likely photographic identification, not a confirmed determination; the seven photographs are excluded from quiz questions.
The exact locality of these uploads has not yet been recorded.
Explore reported sightings on iNaturalist. Observation records are not a complete range map.
Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
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