inky cap

inky cap

n. Any of various mushrooms of several genera, especially Coprinus, having gills that dissolve into a dark liquid after maturation of the spores.

ink′y cap`

n. any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, esp. C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature. [1920–25]

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inky cap - having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have maturedCoprinus atramentarius, inky-cap mushroomagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideCoprinus, genus Coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

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