Taxonomy

Coprinopsis ephemeroides (DC.) G. Moreno (2010)

Red List Status -


Description

Pileus: campanulate, becoming applanate and finally centrally depressed; 4 – 8 mm diameter; young specimens white with an ochre to pale yellow central disc; translucent; dry and distinctly plicate (pleated) with radial grooves arranged around the central disc.

Stipe: central, cylindrical to slightly clavate; 20-40 × 1-2 mm; glabrous; off-white with a small bulb at the base and an upward facing ring about 60% up the stipe..

Gills: adnexed; close; white maturing to black and deliquescing.

Flesh: very thin.

Spore print: black.

Spores:

Notes: this small whitish fungus is like a miniature Japanese parasol. It is usually found singly on woody substrates.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution