Pleated Inkcap

Coprinus plicatilis

Meadows, forest edges, fallow land, pastures. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 0.5-1.5 cm across, conical when young, finally shaped like an open umbrella, very thin, translucent, pleated-grooved, grey, yellowish-brown in the centre, without signs of autolysis (does not drip away). Gills whitish, black when old, distant, narrow. Stem 3–5x0.1–0.2 cm, fragile, white. Flesh membranous, without smell or taste. Characteristic features: delicate fruiting bodies, cap shaped like an open umbrella, dries out in the meadow. Grows singly, more rarely several fruiting bodies together or in small groups, among grass. Common.