Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae: Coprinopsis insignis (Peck) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Coprinopsis insignis

Synonyms: Coprinus insignis, Pselliophora insignis.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis insignis at the base of a living elm on Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2026

Underside of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis insignis on Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2026

Spores (in KOH) of inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis insignis from the base of a living elm, collected 3 days before on Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 22, 2026

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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Links

• List of mushrooms with photos.
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• List of Latin names.
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• Mushrooms from Texas, old version of web page.
• Mushrooms of Russia.
• Collection of mushrooms from Qatar.
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• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Acknowledgements

Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.

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