Hare’s Foot Inkcap

Hare’s Foot Inkcap Coprinus lagopus (Fr.) Fr. (illustrated 50% life size) Cap 2–4cm high, cylindrical-ovate or conical, expanding almost flat; greyish, covered with fibrillose, whitish to greyish veil remnants. Stem 65–130×2–3mm, swollen at base; white; covered in down as the cap at first, then smooth. Flesh smell none. Gills white, rapidly turning black and deliquescing. Spores 11–13.5×6–7¼, elliptical. Spore print violaceous-black. Habitat on soil or in leaf litter in shady woods, less frequently in fields; summer to autumn. Common. Edible but not worthwhile.