Trooping Crumble Cap

coprinellus disseminatus

The Trooping Crumble Cap is a tiny mushroom that grows in groups, making it look like a little army of caps! They look like they are crumbling away, which is where they get their fun name!

Hábitat: Forests, especially in damp or decaying wood areas.

Aspecto

The Trooping Crumble Cap is a tiny, bell-shaped mushroom with delicate gills. Its cap changes from white-grey to grey-brown, eventually dissolving into a black inky liquid. It grows in dense clusters, appearing like a miniature forest.

ReinoFungiFiloBasidiomycotaClaseAgaricomycetesOrdenAgaricalesFamiliaPsathyrellaceaeGéneroCoprinellus

Trooping Crumble Cap

Categoría

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Rareza

Common

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Each tiny mushroom cap often lasts for only one or two days!

Its scientific name, *disseminatus*, means 'scattered', for how widely it grows!

Often called 'Fairies' Bonnets' because of their delicate, whimsical look.

Thousands can sprout on a single log, making it look fuzzy from afar!

Habilidades especiales

Trooping Crumble Cap's gills dissolve into black ink to efficiently spread its spores, ensuring new mushrooms grow nearby.

Trooping Crumble Cap grows in huge clusters, which helps them process decaying wood faster and release more spores together.

Trooping Crumble Cap has a very short lifespan, quickly decomposing material and returning nutrients to the soil in days.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 1-4 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 0.5-1.5 cm
Sustrato de crecimiento: wood
Temporada: Spring to fall
Color de las esporas: White

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Decomposes dead wood from this tree.

eaten by

Fungus Gnat

Mycetophila fungorum

Larvae consume fungal tissue.

eaten by

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Snails graze on its delicate caps.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.