Copelandia cyanescens - Hawaiian spore prints

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Copelandia cyanescens: a jet black spore print from a dung dweller A spore print is a deposit of the spores themselves. A mature cap is placed gills down on a sterilised surface, in practice usually aluminium foil, covered over and left for a few hours up to a full day. What remains is a layer of spores in the pattern of the gills. For this species that layer is jet black, and the colour of a spore print is often the first feature a mycologist checks. Copelandia cyanescens is the name that has...