inkcap

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noun

A fungus of one of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis.

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Meanings

nouninkcap (plural inkcaps)

plural inkcaps

  1. A fungus of one of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis.

    Pick an ink cap and you can fry it up and eat it.

    2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 7
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From ink + cap, after its secretion.

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Translations

Bulgarian сива копринка, копринка
  • сива копринка (siva koprinka)fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
  • копринка (koprinka)fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Czech hnojník
  • hnojníkfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Danish blækhat
  • blækhatfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Dutch inktzwam
  • inktzwamfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Finnish mustesieni
  • mustesienifungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
French coprin
  • coprinfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
German Tintling
  • Tintlingfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Hungarian tintagomba
  • tintagombafungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Italian coprino
  • coprinofungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Japanese ヒトヨタケ, 一夜茸
  • ヒトヨタケfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
  • 一夜茸 (hitoyotake)fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Lithuanian mėšlagrybis
  • mėšlagrybisfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Polish czernidłak
  • czernidłakfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Russian наво́зник
  • наво́зник (navóznik)fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Slovak hnojník
  • hnojníkfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Swedish bläcksvamp
  • bläcksvampfungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Ukrainian гнойови́к
  • гнойови́к (hnojovýk)fungus of the genus Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis
Cite this entry
APA

inkcap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inkcap

MLA

“inkcap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inkcap. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inkcap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inkcap.

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