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The other point of view  Coprinus plicatilis,Geotagged,Pleated Inkcap,South Africa Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

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Pleated Inkcap Cap 0.5–1.5cm high, cylindric-ovoid expanding to shallowly convex or flat with depressed centre, buff with cinnamon centre, soon deeply grooved and greying from margin inwards. Stem 30–70 x 1–2mm, white discolouring buff from the base upwards. Smell none. Gills clay pink then grey, finally black, hardly deliquescing. Spore print black. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, 10–13-8.5–10.5um. Habitat in grass on lawns at pathsides. Season spring to late autumn. Common. Edible.. more

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Laurenda Van Breda

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Uploaded Jun 27, 2014. Captured Aug 29, 2011 10:06 in 54 Wentworth Walk, Cape Town 7140, South Africa.
  • PENTAX Optio W90
  • f/3.5
  • 1/125s
  • ISO80
  • 5mm