inky cap

inky cap

n.

Any of various mushrooms of several genera, especially Coprinus, having gills that dissolve into a dark liquid after maturation of the spores.

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ink′y cap`

n.

any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, esp. C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature.

[1920–25]

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Noun

1.

inky cap - having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured Coprinus atramentarius, inky-cap mushroom agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside Coprinus, genus Coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

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Translations

inky cap

n (Bot) → Tintling m, → Tintenpilz m

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