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Mica Cap

coprinellus micaceus

The Mica Cap mushroom looks like a little umbrella with a shiny, glittery top! Kids will love discovering this fun fungus in damp, shady spots in the forest.

Lebensraum: Mica Caps typically grow in forests, especially in damp, shady areas on decaying wood.

Aussehen

The Mica Cap has a fragile, bell-shaped cap, often yellowish-brown, that is covered in tiny, glistening mica-like scales. Its distinctive sparkling surface and pale, grooved cap make it visually different from many other small urban mushrooms. As it matures, the cap edges often turn upward.

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Mica Cap
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Mica Cap

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Their caps sparkle like they are covered in tiny sugar crystals when fresh!

These mushrooms melt into black ink to release their spores, disappearing almost overnight!

They grow incredibly fast after a rain, often appearing in just a few hours!

You can often spot Mica Caps growing in surprising places, even cracking through city sidewalks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Melting Magic

Mica Cap can dissolve its own cap into an inky liquid because of special enzymes that help release spores efficiently.

Fähigkeit

Wood Recycler

Mica Cap can break down dead wood and plant material because of powerful enzymes that help return nutrients to the soil.

Fähigkeit

Crowd Grower

Mica Cap can grow in huge clusters because of its ability to thrive on abundant resources, helping it spread spores widely.

Maße und Details

Höhe
2-10 cm
Edibility
edible
Cap Diameter
0.5-3.5 cm
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Frühling bis Herbst
Sporenfarbe
Dark brown to black

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

English Oak

Quercus robur

decomposes its fallen wood

eaten by

Black Slug

Arion ater

slugs often graze on its caps

eats

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

breaks down its dead branches

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Glitter CapShiny CapSparkling Mushroom

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Mica Cap?

2-10 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Mica Cap?

edible

Was ist der/die/das cap Diameter von Mica Cap?

0.5-3.5 cm

Wo findet man Mica Cap normalerweise?

Mica Caps typically grow in forests, especially in damp, shady areas on decaying wood.

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Mica Cap?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Mica Cap?

Frühling bis Herbst

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Mica Cap?

Dark brown to black

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.

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