June 26 OOTD: Hare's Foot Inkcap!

Today's Observation of the Day is another first for Merck Forest and Bennington County: the Hare's Foot Inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus)! This observation is a perfect example of the value of taking pictures from different angles in iNaturalist to help identify the species. For mushrooms, pictures of the cap (top), gills or other spore-bearing structures under the cap, and stem will make your observation much more likely to get identified.

The Hare's Foot Inkcap is named for its (slight) resemblance to a hare's foot on the forest floor, and its tendency to dissolve into a blank ink after only a few hours, also called deliquescence. This BioBlitz participant got lucky to see it before it disappeared!

Check out this link to see all the observations of Fungi at Merck Forest BioBlitz 2020.

Have a fungi-filled Saturday and check back tomorrow for another OOTD!

Links
Merck Forest Website Event Page
Merck Forest Registration Page
iNaturalist Project Page

Posted on June 26, 2021 03:34 PM by maxmiley