inkcap en · NOUN
Etymology
From ink + cap, after its secretion.
Meanings
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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.
2015 September 3, Phil Gates, The Guardian:Pick an ink cap and you can fry it up and eat it.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inkcaps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
de Tintling (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · ja ヒトヨタケ (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · cs hnojník (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · bg копринка (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · lt mėšlagrybis (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · nl inktzwam (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · ru наво́зник (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · sk hnojník (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · bg сива копринка (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · fi mustesieni (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · pl czernidłak (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · da blækhat (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · sv bläcksvamp (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · it coprino (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · hu tintagomba (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · uk гнойови́к (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · fr coprin (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis) · ja 一夜茸 (fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis)