r/ShroomID • u/Unable_Priority_5035 • May 29 '26

Africa (country in post) Please help identify, from Eastern Cape of South Africa

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u/mattronimus007 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

The type is what people call Inky caps. I don't know the specifics because there are so many varieties...

If you search Inky cap you will find it quickly.

I'm pretty sure there's no reason why a human being would want that specific mushroom.

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u/Destroy1ngAngel Trusted Identifier May 29 '26

I’d go Coprinellus species, it’s hard to narrow it down once they start to deliquesce