upupa_epops's Identifications

Taxon: Coprinopsis picacea (Synonyms, according to Index fungorum - species fungorum: Agaricus picaceus, Coprinus picaceus)
2011-11-05 Lower Austria, district Mödling - Wienerwald (560 msm Quadrant 7863/3)
German name: Specht-Tintling
ID source: Wikipedia
Habitat: mixed broadleaf forest, calciferous ground (chalk but also dolomite)
Occurrence: quite common in Wienerwald region
Remarks about life cycle: As most Coprinus sp. (this one here has been split off to the new taxon Coprinopsis) the cap of this mushrooms begins to dissolve as soon as the fruiting body is maturing; different stages of dissolvement are shown in the photos.

A scene out of paradise - with woolly-necked storks (Ciconia episcopus) hunting insects in the freshly resprouting grass, Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) wading through the newly formed pod, enjoying the new shoots, or the kids chasing around, white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) sunning themselves, and a spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) focussed on some late afternoon plumage grooming.

A scene out of paradise - with woolly-necked storks (Ciconia episcopus) hunting insects in the freshly resprouting grass, Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) wading through the newly formed pod, enjoying the new shoots, or the kids chasing around, white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) sunning themselves, and a spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) focussed on some late afternoon plumage grooming.