Coprinopsis picacea (Bull.:Fr.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo |
The cap is grey brown to black brownish. The cap surface is covered with white patches. The flesh is unchanging; the odour is unpleasant, of ink or phenol; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white then pink then black, adnate, crowded . The spore print is black. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil, with beech, oak, hornbeam. The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : conical or bell-shaped cap, brownish-black, covered with woolly white patches; unpleasant smell, of tar; mild but unpleasant taste; tall stem; under deciduous trees (mostly beech) Coprinopsis picacea is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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