Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.: Fries) J. E. Lange
Dansk bot. Ark. 9(6): 93. 1938.

Common Name: none

Synonyms: Pseudocoprinus disseminatus (Fr.) Kuhner, Coprinus disseminatus (Pers.: Fries) S.F. Gray

• Pileus

  Cap 0.5-1.5 cm broad, narrowly to broadly parabolic, expanding sometimes to convex or bell-shaped; surface dry, minutely hairy but usually glabrous at maturity, striate-furrowed to near the disc, the margin striate-sulcate; color: pale yellow-brown to tawny-brown at the disc, shading to a lighter margin, becoming pale grey-brown in age except for the disc; flesh thin, soft, fragile; odor mild.

• Lamellae

  Gills adnate, subdistant, broad, pallid, then grey, finally blackish, but not deliquescing.

• Stipe

  Stipe 1.5-3.0 cm tall, 1-2 mm thick, equal, fragile, hollow, straight or slightly bent from the base; surface minutely hairy, pallid; veil absent.

• Spores

  Spores 7-10 x 4-5.5 µm, elliptical smooth, with an apical pore; spore print blackish.

• Habitat

  Gregarious or in troops on woody debris or from buried wood; fruiting spring and fall.

• Edibility

  Edible, but insignificant.

• Comments

  Often forming large troops on woody debris, this diminutive Coprinellus is characterized by a broadly parabolic to convex, pale greyish-brown, striate cap with a yellowish-brown disc. Since the gills of this species do not deliquesce, thus some authors have placed it in the genus Pseudocoprinus. Recent molecular studies suggest however, it properly belongs in Coprinellus.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Boleslaw Kuznik: Coprinellus disseminatus (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik: Coprinellus disseminatus (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik -- Hunting for Mushrooms: Coprinellus disseminatus (CP)
  • Agaricales of the Hawaiian Islands: Coprinus disseminatus (D & CP)
  • Na Grzyby: Coprinus disseminatus (D & CP)
  • Pilze, Pilze, Pilze: Coprinus disseminatus (CP)
  • Coprinus Site: Coprinus disseminatus (D, I, & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 352 (D), p. 353 (P) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Arora (1991): p. 124 (CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 4): sp. 272 (D, I, & CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Jordan: p. 230 (D & CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Lincoff: p. 598 (D), plate 4 (CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Miller: sp. 186 (D & CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  • Orr & Orr: p. 179 (D) [as Pseudocoprinus disseminatus]
  • Phillips: p. 204 (D & CP) [as Coprinus disseminatus]
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)