Mushroom growing in field for ID

djeyewater · #1 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 11:49 AM

I found this mushroom on a walk yesterday, can anyone suggest an ID for it?

Growing in the middle of a grass field, not shaded at all. About 7-8cm tall. Initially I thought the cap was covered in small dew drops but it actually appears to be the cap has a rough bumpy surface. I couldn't see any other mushrooms nearby, just this one by itself.

Thanks

Dave

Johnny81 · #2 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 12:05 PM

I'm no fungi expert but I'll give it a stab, and I think this one is Snowy Inkcap Coprinus niveus. Should be growing out of dung if so.

djeyewater · #3 (**permalink**) 17-10-2011, 07:32 AM

Thanks, it does look like other photos of that I could find on the web. I don't know if it was growing out of dung, if it was it must have been some old dung that the grass had grown over. There were sheep in the field so there would have been dung around.