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The very crowded gills are free; they are whitish at first but rapidly turn black and easily deliquesce. The short stipe measures 5–17 cm (2– 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) high by 1–2 cm in diameter, [ 5 ] is grey in colour, and lacks a ring.
The young mushrooms, before the gills start to turn black, are a choice edible mushroom, [13] but should be prepared soon after being collected as the black areas quickly turn bitter. [14] The taste is mild; cooking produces a large quantity of liquid. It can sometimes be used in mushroom soup with parasol mushroom.
Pseudoplectania nigrella, commonly known as the ebony cup, the black false plectania, or the hairy black cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae. The fruit bodies of this saprobic fungus are small blackish cups, typically up to 2 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad.
Gills: Gray in young specimens, turning black as the spores mature. Spore print: Jet black. Stipe: 4 to 22 cm long and .5 to 2 cm thick, solid, sometimes slightly larger at the base. Taste: Fungal. Odor: Fungal. Size: Small to medium. Microscopic features: Spores ellipsoid, 15 - 20 (21) x 10 - 14 x 8 - 10(11) μm.
The stem is bluish purple to black, and measures up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long by 4 cm (1.6 in) thick. Both the pore surface and the whitish cap flesh will stain pink to reddish gray, and eventually turn black after being cut or injured. The mushroom is edible, and generally considered one of the best edible Tylopilus species.
A beautiful handful of mushrooms had popped out of the shaggy green lawn. ... Spread out on a tall table, some look like inside-out umbrellas with dark centers turned toward the sun. Others are ...
The gill attachment to the stipe is adnexed (narrowly attached), and they are initially cream-colored before tinting purple to black as the spores mature. The spores are dark purplish-brown en masse, ellipsoid in shape, and measure 10.5–15 by 6.5–8.5 micrometres. The mushroom grows in grassland habitats, especially
Coprinopsis nivea is a small inkcap mushroom which grows in wetland environments. Cap: 1.5–3 cm. Starts egg shaped expanding to become campanulate (bell shaped). Covered in white powdery fragments of the veil when young. Gills: Start white before turning grey and ultimately black and deliquescing (dissolving into an ink-like black substance ...