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Inkcaps and bonnets

25 Friday Oct 2024

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi

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autumn fungi, British fungi, Clustered bonnet, Common inkcap, Coprinopsis atramentaria, inkcap fungi, Mycena inclinata, Oak bonnet

For Fungi Friday, here are just a couple of the little flocks of fungi I’ve found during recent walks hither and yon.

241025 inkcaps

These, I think, are Common inkcaps (Coprinopsis atramentaria) that had sprung up beneath the trees near the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. There one day, gone the next, as is usual with these transient fungi.

241025 clustered bonnet

And, as they were growing from an old fallen Oak tree in Cosmeston’s Cogan Wood, I think these are the appropriately name Clustered bonnet, also known as Oak bonnet, (Mycena inclinata).

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I is for inkcap

14 Tuesday Dec 2021

Posted by sconzani in fungi

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British fungi, inkcap fungi, inkcaps, mushrooms

Time to add some fungi to this countdown. Earthstars would be too predictable so I’ve chosen instead to focus on some of the more common fungi that we all see when we’re out on our wanders: the inkcaps. They come in many shapes and sizes, grow in grass and dense woodland, are not always easy to identify, and are often to be found in a state of deliquescence (dissolving into black mush). Here’s a selection of this year’s finds.

211214 inkcaps (1)
211214 inkcaps (2)
211214 inkcaps (3)
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