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| synonyms: Schneeweisser Tintling, Snowy Inkcap |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: White to cream |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| habitat: Grows on plant material/manure |
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Coprinus niveus (Pers. ex Fr.) Fr.
Schneeweisser Tintling Snowy Inkcap Cap 1.5–3cm high, ovoid to conical at first, bell-shaped when expanded with split or rolled-back margin, white covered in chalk-white meal. Stem 30–90 x 4–7mm, white, slightly thickened at the cottony base. Smell none. Gills white, rapidly greying and finally black. Spore print black. Spores ellipsoid or slightly almond-shaped, 15–19 x 11–13um. Mealy covering of cap consisting of thin-walled, smooth globose calls. Habitat on cow or horse dung. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edibility unknown -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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Ivan Teage (United Kingdom) - 26 June 2009
Snowy inkcap, Coprinus niveus, found on dung in Dorset, UK, November 2008
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Ivan Teage (United Kingdom) - 26 June 2009
Snowy inkcap, Coprinus niveus, found on dung in Dorset, UK, November 2008
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lee collins (United Kingdom) - 28 April 2009
Coprinus niveus
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