inkcap

English

Etymology

From ink +‎ cap.

Noun

inkcap (plural inkcaps)

  1. A fungus of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis.
    • 2015, Phil Gates, The Guardian, 3 September:
      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.

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