Hare'sfoot Inkcap
Taken at Abernethy National Nature Reserve on 31st May 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
Fact File
Hare'sfoot Inkcap.
Species:
Order:
Family:
A.K.A. 		Coprinopsis lagopus.
Agaricales.
Psathyrellaceae.
Habitat:

Cap Diameter:
Stem:
Season:
Edibility:
Feature:
 		In soil as well as on wood chips, compost heaps, vegetable refuse, horse or cattle dung.
0.75 - 3 mm.  or 2 - 5 cms.
1 - 10 mm. tall  or 5 - 18.5 cms tall
May - November
Non-poisonous. Edibility unknown.
The fruit body size can vary tremendously. This fungus gives rise to very small fruit bodies (known as dwarf fruit-bodies), some of which are less than one-hundredth the size of the larger ones.
When picking any fungus for consumption, caution should be exercised at all times.