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Fairies bonnets
Coprinellus disseminatus
-28.3972, 153.271
Field Notes
Description:
Coprinellus disseminatus, commonly known as Fairies Bonnets or Trooping Crumble Cap, typically fruits in clusters near the bases of stumps, sometimes in astounding numbers. Its cap is initially white, but soon begins to turn grayish brown, with a brownish center. Even though the gills do not turn to ink (the official term in Mycologese is "deliquesce"), Coprinellus disseminatus is still easily recognized as a coprinoid mushroom by its cap shape and grayish black gills. It is an extremely fragile mushroom, and the caps quickly crumble when handled.
Habitat:
Common in Britain and Ireland and throughout Europe and North America, the Fairy Bonnet is truly a cosmopolitan mushroom, being found also in most parts of Asia and in South America and Australia. Coprinellus disseminatus usually appears in very large trooping groups on stumps in woodland and occasionally in shaded hedgerows.
Notes:
Spotted in Wollumbin National Park, Australia.(sources:see reference)
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