Coprinopsis lagopus (Fries) Redhead, Vilgalys, & Moncalvo
Epicr. Syst. Myc. 250. 1838.

Common Name: none

Synonym: Coprinus lagopus (Fries) Fries

• Pileus

  Cap 3-6 cm broad, obtuse-conic, expanding to nearly plane, umbonate, the margin recurved in age, often split or ragged from deliquescing gills; surface at first covered with erect, soft, white hairs (universal veil remnants), typically weathering away at maturity to reveal a striate, greyish-brown cuticle; flesh thin, pale grey.

• Lamellae

  Gills free, close, narrow, white soon greyish, becoming black and deliquescing in moist weather.

• Stipe

  Stipe 5-10 cm tall, 0.3-0.5 cm thick, more or less equal, fragile, hollow; surface dry, white tomentose from universal veil remnants; partial veil absent or evanescent.

• Spores

  Spores 11-13 x 6-8 µm, elliptical smooth; spore print black.

• Habitat

  Scattered on logs, decaying wood etc.; fruiting from late fall to mid-winter.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  This fragile, beautiful Coprinus with a revolute cap margin persists for only a few hours before senescing. The dense, erect, white hairs which cover the young fruiting body and the lignicolous habit help characterize this species.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Michael Wood: Coprinopsis lagopus (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Coprinopsis lagopus (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Coprinopsis lagopus (CP)
  • Agaricales of the Hawaiian Islands: Coprinus lagopus (D & CP)
  • Na Grzyby: Coprinus lagopus (D & CP)
  • Kinok-ya: Coprinus lagopus (D & CP)
  • Coprinus Site: Coprinus lagopus (D, I, & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 350 (D), plate 86 [as Coprinus lagopus]
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 4): sp. 288 (D, I, & CP) [as Coprinus lagopus]
  • Jordan: p. 233 (D & CP) [as Coprinus lagopus]
  • Lincoff: p. 599 (D) plate 705 (CP) [as Coprinus lagopus]
  
  

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