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AGARIC CON-F -  Produce spores on underside of their caps from gills, whereas Boletes, that can be similar in look, produce spores from sponge-like tube.

Below are examples of Cortinarius which possess colourful stem markings but which I find hard to identify 

conocybe siliginea

CONOCYBE SILIGINEA

coprinus lagopus immature
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COPRINOPSIS LAGOPUS [Harefoot Mushroom] found in May [left] and September [right] - Reres Park 2018

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COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS [Common Ink Cap]

Left in Dundee, unknow date. Right at Tayock, September 10, 2020

coprinus atramentarius

COPRINUS COMATUS [Shaggy Ink Cap/Lawyer's Wig]

Tayock on September 10, 2020,

coprinus disseminatus
coprinus disseminatus

COPRINUS DISSEMINATUS

[Fairies Bonnets or Trooping Crumble Cap]

coprinus plicatilis

COPRINUS MACROCEPHALUS ?

Not confident that it's the species 'macrocephalus'

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coprinus micaceus

COPRINELLUS MICACEUS [Glistening Ink-Cap]

Left photo showsa large group seen at Forfar Loch, November 16, 2020

Above photo shows young ink-cps with the glistening mica on top ot the caps

taken at Templeton Woods, Dundee, many years ago

coprinus plicatilis

CORTINARIUS  ANOMALUS

Cortinarius with yellow stem markings

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CORTINARIUS BOLARIS

Pitkennedy Woods, 2019

coprinus plicatilis

CORTINARIUS PSEUDOSALOR

Purple on stem points to this being correct

coprinus plicatilis

CORTINARIUS . . . . . .

Cortinarius with brown stem markings and sticky cap

coprinus plicatilis

CORTINARIUS . . . . . .

Cortinarius with brown stem markings

cystoderma amianthinum

CYSTODERMA AMIANTHINUM

[Saffron Parasol]

cystoderma amianthinum

ENTOLOMA PORPHYROPHAEUM

[Lilac Pink Gill]

cystoderma amianthinum

FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES

[Velvet Shank]

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