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Pleated Inkcap

parasola plicatilis

The Pleated Inkcap is a fun mushroom that looks like a little umbrella! It often pops up in gardens and parks, making it a delightful surprise for little explorers.

Hábitat: You can find them in grassy areas, gardens, and forests.

Aspecto

The Pleated Inkcap has a delicate, bell-shaped cap that flattens out, developing distinct pleats like a tiny fan. Its cap is pale greyish-brown to whitish, often with a tiny, darker central disc. The slender, translucent stem makes it appear very fragile and ephemeral.

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Pleated Inkcap
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Pleated Inkcap

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Common

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Despite its fragile look, it helps recycle nutrients in your lawn and garden.

Its entire cap can deliquesce into a dark, inky liquid within mere hours!

Pleated Inkcaps often appear after rain, seemingly overnight like magic!

You might confuse its tiny pleated cap with a mini umbrella left by fairies!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Deliquescing Dissolver

Pleated Inkcap can dissolve into black ink because of unique enzymes that help them efficiently release spores.

Habilidad

Rapid Resurrector

Pleated Inkcap has a very short lifespan that helps them quickly reproduce and spread spores widely after rain.

Habilidad

Pleated Power

Pleated Inkcap has a deeply grooved cap that helps increase its surface area for effective spore dispersal.

Medidas y detalles

Altura
3-6 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
1-3 cm
Sustrato de crecimiento
soil
Temporada
Late spring to fall
Color de las esporas
Black

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Decomposes dead grass blades, recycling vital nutrients back into the soil.

eats

Red Slug

Arion rufus

Slugs and snails sometimes graze on its delicate cap, making it a food source.

symbiotic with

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Earthworms aerate soil, aiding fungal growth and decomposition processes.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Ink CapPleated MushroomUmbrella Mushroom

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Do not touch or eat wild mushrooms without adult supervision.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de Pleated Inkcap?

3-6 cm

¿Cuál es el edibility de Pleated Inkcap?

inedible

¿Cuál es el cap Diameter de Pleated Inkcap?

1-3 cm

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Pleated Inkcap?

You can find them in grassy areas, gardens, and forests.

¿Cuál es el sustrato de crecimiento de Pleated Inkcap?

soil

¿Cuál es el temporada de Pleated Inkcap?

Late spring to fall

¿Cuál es el color de las esporas de Pleated Inkcap?

Black

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