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Common inkcap

Coprinopsis atramentaria · Inkcaps (Coprinopsis)

Poisonous
Common inkcap
📷 James Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Poisonous together with alcohol – even if the alcohol is drunk up to 2–3 days before or after the mushroom.

Recognise it safely – what matters

  1. Grey, pleated bell without scales
  2. Grows in clusters on wood
  3. Dangerous with alcohol

Features

Cap
3–7 cm, grey to greyish brown, bell-shaped, pleated – without the scales of the shaggy inkcap.
Underside
Gills: white, then black, dissolving into ink.
Stem
White, hollow.
Flesh
Whitish
Smell
Indistinct
Spore print
Black

Season

Habitat

In clusters on stumps, buried wood, in gardens and parks.

autres essences

Risk of confusion

Coprin chevelu Edible species The shaggy inkcap is white, cylindrical, covered with scales and grows in meadows, not in clusters on wood.

If someone has eaten it

Facial flushing, feeling hot, racing heart, nausea, circulatory problems. First symptoms: 15 to 30 minutes after the alcohol.

Act immediately – even without symptoms:

  • Emergency number 112 if someone feels unwell.
  • Poison centre: Germany – area code of the nearest city with a poison centre + 19240 (e.g. Berlin 030 19240, Munich 089 19240) · Austria +43 1 406 43 43 · Switzerland 145.
  • Keep leftovers, trimmings or vomit – it helps with identification.

Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.

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