How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body small to medium sized.
Cap
Cap 3-7.5 cm across, oval when young, expanding to bell-shaped; whitish, becoming gray to grayish brown with age; surface smooth; covered with loose, whitish to yellowish scales and patches.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Coprinaceae Genus
Coprinopsis Species
Scaly ink cap