Inkcap
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fungus of one of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis.
"The outer ranks of a troop of several hundred fairy inkcaps, Coprinellus disseminatus, encircling a coppiced hazel stool, are already deliquescing into gooey black spore-laden ink that will soon be carried away on the feet of beetles and flies."
Example
More examples"The outer ranks of a troop of several hundred fairy inkcaps, Coprinellus disseminatus, encircling a coppiced hazel stool, are already deliquescing into gooey black spore-laden ink that will soon be carried away on the feet of beetles and flies."
Etymology
From ink + cap, after its secretion.
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