Species
Psathyrella pennata
Psathyrella pennata. Photo: (c) Tatiana Bulyonkova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Psathyrella is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Coprinus and Panaeolus, usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self digest as do those of Coprinellus and Coprinopsis. Some also have brown spores rather than black. These fungi are often drab-colored, difficult to identify, and inedible, and so they are sometimes considered uninteresting. However they are quite common and…
CLICK TO MANAGE