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Definition of Inky cap
1. Noun. Having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured.
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Coprinus, Genus Coprinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inky Cap
Literary usage of Inky cap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The large inky cap is four to six inches tall, and as it breaks through the ground
looks like an elongated egg, except that its shell is not smooth but ..."
2. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Mica inky cap (Fig. 269). Cap ovate, bell-shaped, light tan to brown, darker when
moist or old, often glistening from minute, mica-like scales, ..."
3. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1919)
"While collecting Collybia velutipes in May the writer has often taken large
quantities of the inky cap (Coprinus micaceus (Bull. ..."
4. Annual Report (1919)
"While collecting Collybia velutipes in May the writer has often taken large
quantities of the inky cap (Coprinus micaceus (Bull. ..."
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