Coprinopsis lagopus    (Fr.:Fr.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo 

common name(s) : Hare's Foot Inkcap, Hare'sfoot Inkcap 

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

synonyms: Coprinus lagopus 

edibility : discard

photo gallery of Coprinopsis lagopus
photo gallery of Coprinopsis lagopus potential confusions with Coprinopsis lagopus toxicity of Coprinopsis lagopus genus Coprinopsis  

The cap is white to grey. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is bulbous, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then black, adnate, crowded . The spore print is black. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather rich soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 2 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 7 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : covered with a white, woolly-fibrillose veil; cap eventually grey, striate

Coprinopsis lagopus is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Coprinopsis lagopus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Coprinopsis lagopus in the forest of Rambouillet



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