Woodpecker dung beetle (Coprinopsis picacea)

Systematika:
  • Diviziona: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Fizarana: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Kilasy: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Kilasy: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Karazana: Agaricales (Agarika na Lamellar)
  • Fianakaviana: Psathyrellaceae (Psatyrellaceae)
  • Karazana: Coprinopsis (Koprinopsis)
  • Type: Coprinopsis picacea (Dung beetle)
  • Magpie manure
  • voangory

Sary sy famaritana ny voangory tain-drongony (Coprinopsis picacea).Woodpecker dung beetle (Coprinopsis picacea) has a cap with a diameter of 5-10 cm, at a young age cylindrical-oval or conical, then widely bell-shaped. At the beginning of development, the fungus is almost completely covered with a white felt blanket. As it grows, the private veil breaks, remaining in the form of large white flakes. The skin is light brown, ocher or black-brown. In old fruiting bodies, the edges of the cap are sometimes bent upwards, and then blurred along with the plates.

The plates are free, convex, frequent. The color is first white, then pink or ocher gray, then black. At the end of the life of the fruiting body, they blur.

Leg 9-30 cm high, 0.6-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, slightly tapering towards the cap, with a slight tuberous thickening, thin, fragile, smooth. Sometimes the surface is flaky. White color.

Spore powder is blackish. Spores 13-17*10-12 microns, ellipsoid.

The flesh is thin, white, sometimes brownish at the cap. Smell and taste are inexpressive.

Mihanaka:

Woodpecker dung beetle prefers deciduous forests, where it chooses humus-rich calcareous soils, sometimes found on rotten wood. It grows singly or in small groups, often in mountainous or hilly areas. It bears fruit in late summer, but fruiting peaks in autumn.

Ny fitoviana:

The mushroom has a characteristic appearance that does not allow it to be confused with other species.

Tombana:

The information is very conflicting. Woodpecker dung beetle is more often referred to as slightly poisonous, causing gastritis, sometimes as hallucinogenic. Sometimes some authors talk about edibility. In particular, Roger Phillips writes that the mushroom is spoken of as poisonous, but some use it without harm to themselves. It seems to be best to leave this beautiful mushroom in nature.

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