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Saw these last week in Chicago, no idea what they are
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jaykrown lemmy.world jaykrown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-20
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ThePantser sh.itjust.works ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-19
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Looks like mushrooms
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lemmy_at_em lemmy.world lemmy_at_em@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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ThePantser wrote:
Looks like mushrooms

I thought it was a pinecone...
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Bigboye57 midwest.social Bigboye57@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-08-09
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They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?
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otter lemmy.dbzer0.com otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-11-18
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lemmy_at_em wrote:
I thought it was a pinecone...

Parts of it invariably were, at some point. 🤷🏼‍♂️😏
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Davel23 fedia.io Davel23@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-16
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What did they taste like?
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jaykrown lemmy.world jaykrown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-20
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Bigboye57 wrote:
They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?

They didn't seem sparkly.
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jaykrown lemmy.world jaykrown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-20
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Bigboye57 wrote:
They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?

I think they may be inky cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria
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Mothra mander.xyz Mothra@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-02
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ThePantser wrote:
Looks like mushrooms

In the mycology community?
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ChonkyOwlbear lemmy.world ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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jaykrown wrote:
I think they may be inky cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria

I've seen these all over Chicago, usually growing near the roots of a dead tree. I've been told in the past they were ink caps of some sort.
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prettybunnys piefed.social prettybunnys@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
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Mothra wrote:
In the mycology community?

This time of year?
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the_artic_one piefed.social the_artic_one@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-26
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jaykrown wrote:
I think they may be inky cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria

Mica caps are a type of inky cap, Coprinellus and Coprinopsis are close relatives and both can turn to ink. They only have the sparkly particles when they're fresh, these are starting to turn to ink so it's not surprising they don't have it. Coprinopsis atramenteria is usually larger and duller-colored.
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a14o feddit.org a14o@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-01-15
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Pretty good chance these are Coprinellus micaceus
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Granbo's Holy Hotrod lemmy.world uberdroog@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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jaykrown wrote:
I think they may be inky cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinopsis_atramentaria

Holy crap. Alcoholics beware.
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