Kiʻi a me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka pipi lepo ʻōpala (Parasola plicatilis).

ʻOluʻu dung beetle (Umbrella plicatilis)

nalo lepo (ʻO ka t. Umbrella plicatilis) he haʻiʻo o ka ʻohana Psathyrellaceae. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻai ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi.

Pāpale:

I ka wā ʻōpio, ʻulaʻula, elongated, pani ʻia, me ka makahiki e wehe a hoʻomālamalama ʻia, mahalo i ka pulp lahilahi a me nā papa protruding, ua like ia me ka umbrella hapalua. Aia ke kiko poepoe o ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele i waenakonu. Ma keʻano he kūlana,ʻaʻohe manawa o ka pāpale e wehe ai i ka hopena, e koe ana i ka hapalua. Pepe ka ʻili. ʻO ke anawaena o ka pāpale he 1,5-3 cm.

Nā Moʻolelo:

Rare, pili i kekahi ʻano kola (collarium); ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele i ka wā ʻōpiopio. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole e like me nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka genus Coprinus, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka ʻili o ka pipi i ka autolysis a, no laila, ʻaʻole lilo nā papa i "ink".

ʻO ka pauka Spore:

ʻO ka ʻeleʻele.

Wāwae:

5-10 knm kiʻekiʻe, lahilahi (1-2 mm), maʻalahi, keʻokeʻo, palupalu loa. Nalo ke apo. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ma kahi o 10-12 mau hola ma hope o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka mushroom i ka ʻili, haki ke kumu ma lalo o ke ʻano o nā kūlana, a pau ka ʻaha i ka lepo.

Hohola:

Loaʻa ka ʻōpala lepo peʻa ma nā wahi a pau ma nā kula a me nā alanui mai ka hopena o Mei a i waena o ʻOkakopa, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka pōkole o ke ola.

ʻAno like:

Nui nā ʻelele ʻē aʻe o ka genus Coprinus, ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka pipi dung beetle. I ka wā ʻōpiopio, hiki ke huikau ʻo Coprinus plicatilis me ka bolbitius gula (Bolbitius vitellinus), akā i loko o nā hola ʻelua e ʻike ʻia ka hewa.