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[ Fruiting Body ]
Coprinus micaceous top view Coprinus micaceous side view
Young caps have tiny particles which soon wear off. Shallow grooves run one-half way up the cap from the base. Stalk fragile, hollow to 6 cm high.
Coprinus micaceous bottom view Coprinus micaceous habit view
Cap up to 3 cm wide. Gills white when young turning dark brown then black with age. Gills partially dissolve at maturity. Grow in dense clusters on rotten wood.



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Photographed October 21, 2004 on the south side of Lees Trail 100 meters east of Rawlings.


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