Coprinellus impatiens    (Fr.:Fr.) J.E. Lange 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  

synonyms: Psathyrella impatiens, Coprinus impatiens, Pseudocoprinus impatiens 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Coprinellus impatiens toxicity of Coprinellus impatiens genus Coprinellus  

The cap is ochre brown to orange brown, darker in the centre, drying to buff-whitish.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is black. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from September to March.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 0.5 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Coprinellus impatiens is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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