Magpie inkcap, Cromer's Wood near Sittingbourne
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Magpie inkcap, Cromer's Wood near Sittingbourne
Image: © pam fray Taken: 18 Oct 2022
Coprinopsis picacea is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. It is commonly called magpie inkcap. It was first described in 1785 by French mycologist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1785 as Agaricus picaceus. Uncommon in the UK, this fungus is poisonous.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.309601
Longitude
0.734136