Glistening Inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus

A yellow-brown, clustered inkcap, with a rounded or egg-shped cap when young, expanding into a bell shape that splits and blackens with age.  The surface is radially grooved and covered in glistening mica-like scales that are shed as it ages.  Gills are white, aging to black and deliquescing. 

Can look similar to the Firerug Inkcap Coprinellus domesticus but doesn't have a rusty-orange 'ozonium' or mycelial mat

Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate.

The base of rooting trees, stumps and buried wood in woodlands, parks, gardens, etc.

Fruiting from early Spring through until late Autumn.

Widespread and very common (Kibby, Vol.3, 2021)

Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.