Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Fungi 

Trooping crumble cap

Coprinus disseminatus


Appearance

Small mushroom clustering in large numbers. Cap bell-shaped about 1 cm in dimater, thin and fragile; deeper than wide; creamy yellow in colour but with an orangy-brown apex; radially striated with thin darker lines. Gills dark grey, dense, adnate. Stem narrow, long, hollow, pale cream in colour.  

Habitat

Growing from underneath bark on rotting oak log.  


Months observed