#inkycap

Just finished my first set of handmade mushroom pins! They’re available now in my shop:)

A little inky cap spirit 

Hare’s Foot Inkcap? (Coprinopsis lagopus)? Or Parasola plicatilis?

These little mushrooms have been popping up in all the newer plants I separated a while ago, and now moved into my hibiscus. I thought putting the top dressing of sand would deter them (I put the sand to deter fungus gnats), but?? Apparently they are persistent. I will have to keep an eye on them and make sure the sand gets pushed back down around the base (otherwise the fungus gnats will crawl through there).

I can’t decide on what this is - my observations of them say it’s a Parasola, but the fact that some of these go mushy black and inky after a day or two makes me think it’s Coprinus (one in the hibiscus pot actually melted onto one hibiscus leaf and I had to pull the whole leaf off before it rots).
Either way, I’d feel pretty confident saying it’s a Coprinoid mushroom (in the Agaric order/family). The sand on top of the pileus is covering a small smattering of leftover veil, but all of these mushrooms have heavy striations even from a small size. The top is beige, but they are mostly grey mushrooms. This is the biggest one I’ve seen from the outbreak on these plants. A couple centimetres high, and no more than 1.5-2cm wide on the cap (most have been no more than 1cm, so this is big). Singular growths (not growing in clusters at all).
It’s possible I have a mix of mushrooms, since the dirt I used was mixed from a variety of leftover bags.

I’m not bothered by these mushrooms since they’re not in my room above my bed lmao.

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