This species has yellow to reddish caps with veil patches. The volva consists of several concentric rings above the bulb. This is also a poisonous species. This family is characterized by thin, typically conical caps with nearly free to attached to notched gills and brown to black spore prints. They are saprobes on dung, wood debris, or humus in lawns.
Some species are edible but some have been linked to gastrointestinal upsets.
Coprinus - In this genus, the gills and cap are converted into an inky mass by autodigestion, hence the name, 'inky caps' for many species. This is a large and diverse mushroom family, all genera of which have white to lilac or yellowish spore prints and attached gills. There are edible and poisonous members of this family. Armillaria mellea -This is the honey mushroom characterized by the presence of an annulus. This is a parasite of trees.