Name this mushroom / fungus

[wainy]

Just had this pop up in a plant pot inside - can anyone name it? have no idea how its got there!

[anonymous-user]

Nothing that looks exactly the same in my mushroom book, Possibly an Inkcap Shroom.

I went on a Mushroom walk a few years back to improve my knowledge, it was run by a guy in his 80s, and was very informative but ultimately didn't inspire confidence, as he would hold up one mushroom and announce it was delicious, then hold up another which looked exactly the same as the first and he would announce that this one would cause an agonising death.

[Dr Interceptor]

Some kind of inkcap mushroom - similar to a Coprinellus impatiens, well of that family anyway...

Might be wrong, but that's my guess.

[Mobile Chicane]

It's of the Lepiota (parasol) family.

It's quite common for spores to be in things like potting compost. Bark chips are a good one for morel mushrooms.